A Baby Boomer's musings on art, family history, reading and finding a little beauty each day.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
July 20 Figure Study
Last night was my figure drawing class in Madison. We had a model, though a clothed one. She was graceful and lovely, though not what I expected. We're still working with vine charcoal, covering the background with a medium value, then adding in darks and lifting out the highlights. She positioned herself for a forty minute pose, and I drew her twice in that time, once in crayon on newsprint, and this one on nicer paper.
There are two weeks left, though I can only attend next week, since we're going away for a week at the beginning of August. We'll see what model we get for next week.
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3 comments:
Very nice result, if you can do this twice in 40 minutes!
Looks like you have mastered this technique. Very nice.
You have achieved a wonderful effect by adding here and subtracting there. Well done! And thank you for describing the technique so succinctly.
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