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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!)
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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)
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I then started to add warmer colors to the highlights and further define the form.
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I took some time to start developing the head/face - there was such an amazing highlight on his forehead.
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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.
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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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