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These are two pastel figure drawigns from the live model that I did last night at the open drawing session at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art. The drawing above is on a small piece of mint colored pastel paper. I love mint with lilacs and orange. At the very end of the drawing time, actually right after the time ran out, I added a little bit of bright red in the drapery which really added some nice intensity to the piece.
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This is the last figure drawing of the evening, and I was ready to have some fun! This is a 14" x 18" piece of purple pastel paper. I started with some mint, lilac and mustard pastels to block in her form and then used a variety of deep reds and blues to define a few elements such as her hands and feet.
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Our model is blessed with the loveliest chest, but I find that it can be almost cartoonish to draw two perfect breasts with two perfect shadows...there's something about the repetion of the two forms that seems awkward. So I really pushed myself to make the left breast different from the right, by changing color and emphasis on the shadows.
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I love the combination of red and mint, such as the outline of her knee.
3 comments:
Your drawings are beautiful. Makes me wish I hadn't skipped out on Dr. Sketchy's last night!
~JD
JD - well no more skipping young lady (I think you are a lady?!?!) you gotta draw! Thanks for the kind words.
So I know I told you at Turners... but I was drunk and that's no way to compliment such incredible art! So here is my sober message to you... your art is fantastic. It's inspiring and makes me wish that I had such talent. Every time I see something new that you have created I'm in complete and total awe of you! (But I could knit you a hat... that's my only craft that is even remotely decent...) ;o)
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