chalk and charcoal drawing
I went to the drop-in drawing session this morning and I'm not thrilled with my results, so I also found an old drawing from about ten years ago to show you. Obviously I didn't have time to finish it, but I think it looks cool anyway.
Here are two sketches from this morning. I'm not sure why, but everything I drew today was small and not placed well on the page. I am also finding myself a bit frustrated because the lighting is very bright (no spot-lights) which means I really have to search hard for contrast. It is especially difficult when the view or angle of the pose is like what I had today...
10 minute pencil sketch
...it's hard to make it interesting. And this one was no better...
25 minute pencil sketch
Oh well, as I have said before and I'm sure I will say again, they can't all be winners!
6 comments:
Nicki, you should frame that first one. It would look so cool! It is fabulous. And thanks for sharing the others. Life drawing is the greatest challenge!
Kim said exactly what I was going to suggest about framing. That one's special.
Hmmm, I'll think about that Kim. It's funny what you can find in the archives; sometimes there are little gems that have been forgotten.
I hope you are enjoying the holiday season... 2 more weeks until Christmas Eve!
Hi Judy. A second vote for framing! Now I'm really thinking about it.
I hope Sun Dog went well for you and that you have since gotten some rest.
Great drawings and I agree with Kim.
I find drawing in a sketch book is hard, but I don't like carrying a heavy drawing board. So I discovered that with a piece of foamcore as a board, and a $2.99 (maybe they're $5.99 now) bond paper pad, and some clamps I could slip the whole thing into a carrying case, and draw without the constrictions of the book.
I think your work is wonderful and I'm proud of you for getting up to go on Saturday morning. Wow!
XO Barbara
Hi Barbara,
Those are good tips. I also find that I want to draw the subject over a longer period of time, to really develop it, but the longest sitting at these drawing sessions has been 30 minutes. I think I am going to spend a Saturday morning at the studio sketching from a photo and try to develop a more complete study.
XO Nicki
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