Our very lucky figure drawing group had the incredible
james model for us last night! He is one of the best! His gesture poses are
phenomenal - this is a quick shot of one of his two-minute poses. By the time we are done with gestures, we are all wiped out! (PS...always ask the model's permission before taking photos!)
After gestures we set up a long pose. I was working on a grey piece of
mat board and started blocking in the form with a lilac pastel for the highlights and a blue
Nupastel for the shadows - being careful not too get too dark or specific too early in the drawing (this pose will go for 2 hours)
I then started to add warmer colors to the highlights and further define the form.
I took some time to start developing the head/face - there was such an amazing highlight on his forehead.
But I was spending TOO MUCH TIME ON THE FACE. So I put a sticky-note on it and forced myself to develop the whole drawing at the same time.
Right at the end I added a little bit of light sap green to the environment - finding that little triangle of light under the arm on our left. I think that helped to define the space. Overall I'm pretty happy with the drawing, and I think there's a focus on the face, while still providing enough information about the whole figure.
Our very lucky figure drawing group had the incredible james model for us last night! He is one of the best! His gesture poses are phenomenal - this is a quick shot of one of his two-minute poses. By the time we are done with gestures, we are all wiped out! (PS...always ask the model's permission before taking photos!)
After gestures we set up a long pose. I was working on a grey piece of mat board and started blocking in the form with a lilac pastel for the highlights and a blue Nupastel for the shadows - being careful not too get too dark or specific too early in the drawing (this pose will go for 2 hours)
I then started to add warmer colors to the highlights and further define the form.
I took some time to start developing the head/face - there was such an amazing highlight on his forehead.
But I was spending TOO MUCH TIME ON THE FACE. So I put a sticky-note on it and forced myself to develop the whole drawing at the same time.
Right at the end I added a little bit of light sap green to the environment - finding that little triangle of light under the arm on our left. I think that helped to define the space. Overall I'm pretty happy with the drawing, and I think there's a focus on the face, while still providing enough information about the whole figure.
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