Life Drawing May 2013 II

As with the last post about life drawing, I was sans materials for these drawings. Being forced to use just a pen, I thought the drawings wouldn't be up to scratch. But wouldn't you know it, I did one of my favourite life drawings ever in this batch. I've never had a good time with faces or hair, but in two of these drawings, I was very happy with what I managed to draw.

Unfortunately, these are the last life drawings for a while. We're on summer hiatus. But hopefully we'll kick off with the life drawing classes again soon, and then there will be more. Enjoy!

Life Drawing May 2013 I

The first of two batches of life drawings from the last few weeks. A bit of back-story as to why the drawings are the way they are. For the last year, I've gradually built up a little collection of materials I like to use on life drawing days. A palette of water colours, some pencils, conte sticks, compressed charcoal, a few pens and pencils. I kept these materials in a bag at my desk. A few weeks ago, life drawing day came around and I went to grab the bag. I grasped, and yet my hand met no bag. It was gone. Thinking I may have left the bag in the life drawing room the week previous, I sprinted like a man possessed to the room and searched like... a possessed man searching. Nothing. Nyet. Nada. Naught. The bag was gone.

From what we ascertained in work, we had a fairly crazy cleaning lady for a week, who would move random objects on peoples' desks. Things went missing, yet were found in unusual places. My bag of tricks? Nowhere to be found. So all I can assume is, the bag was mistaken for rubbish and went the way of rubbish. To the tip. So somewhere, a plucky seagul is learning to paint. Or a feral cat is trying his hand at charcoal drawings. So I like to think. The real kick to the nuts? The cleaning lady left my actual bag of rubbish by my desk.

So these drawings were made with the few materials I keep with me at all times. Pencils and pens. Although there are no pencil drawings in this batch. Ah, the roller-coaster life of an animator.

Life Drawing January-February 2013

Some drawings from the sessions in January-Fabruary 2013. 1-5 minutes, conte stick, pen, watercolour.

Last Life Drawing of 2012

Had some successful paintings from life drawing on Tuesday 18th December 2012. The first two were far more successful than the last, but I decided to share all three. In case I don't get to post again, Happy Christmas, and may you have a successful, artistic 2013!

Life Drawing December 2012

Another selection of life drawing from various sessions over November and December 2012.

An experiment in life drawing

Over the weekend, a friend of mine and one of her colleagues were doing a 'cut.' They're fitness fanatics and they build bulk and muscle, then cut right down so they're at their peak fitness. It was a unique opportunity to draw some really ripped folks, so I went along and here are some of the results. Believe me, their back muscles were incredible and a real challenge to draw.

Life Drawing June 12 2012

Life drawing started with a wet fart tonight. Nothing was working. So I made the leap into the unknown and tried markers and pen. And I was pleasantly surprised with the results! Here are some of the drawings. Except for the lying-down pose, everything is 2 minutes.


 


     

Life Drawing May-June 2012

Another selection of life drawings from our sessions in work. Different poses and timings, ranging from 30 seconds to 10 minutes.

Life Drawing March '12

My god, it's been about a decade since my last life-drawing class. So I approached Tuesday's class with abject terror. But actually, I came away with some all-right drawings! Here are 3. 30 seconds- 2 minutes.

Here are some of my life drawings from a few years back. Haven't been life drawing in a while. Guess I really should go again soon!