Prepared paper

After a few five minute sketches we worked for the rest of portrait class on two drawings from the same pose.  For the first the teacher gave us some manila paper which we combined with a limited colour palate.  For the second drawing I used paper I'd "prepared" at home using ink on brown paper.  The results are pretty wild but I like it.



Open Drawing

I went to open drawing again this afternoon and did one portrait.

Ink

This week in portrait drawing after some initial sketches to warm up we experimented with ink.  We used different tools for each sketch -- steel pen, a calligraphy brush, the blunt end of a skewer and a torn skewer.  Yes, these portraits are all the same sitter.  In other words, ink is new to me and hard to control.

Weight of My World

I pick it up and put it down and then pick it up again.  I've had glimpses recently of what the absence of stress and worry and fear might feel like.  Very strange and unknown.

 

p.s.  I'VE FOUND A PLACE WHERE I CAN LEAVE THAT HEAVY WEIGHT!!!!

        I hope I can make it work.

Folds and Creases

In portrait drawing this week we learned about the way clothing folds and falls on a model.

Evolution of a Self-Portrait

aka The story of my life!  Very funny but true.

1985

2010

 

 

Open Drawing

I only stayed for one portrait this Sunday.  I'm finding an interesting connection between my feelings and the feelings I portray on the model.  Similarly with the self-portrait I did recently.  And doing one portrait over an hour is exhausting.  Utterly draining.

Contour and Composition

In portrait class this week we worked on two things.  After some quick warm-up sketches we did a couple drawings concentrating on contour lines.  Then we used a viewfinder to plan a few different compositions before choosing one to do for the final hour.