First life drawing sketches for 2015!

Love sketching and focusing on the lighting and form, graphite and marker combos.

the forever challenging foreshortening

The latest life drawing sketches, proved so challenging I put the marker down and tackled these foreshortening poses with graphite, mapping the lighting first and then finding the lines. Also this is my first post for SPRING!!!!!!

graphite and marker combos

My cool grey marker dieing half way through a drawing was a blessing in disguise. I didn't want the detail of greylead and found a chunky flat graphite pencil and observed the lighting with rough block-ins followed by black marker. It forced me to observe more precisely and be confident with the each marks I made on the paper. Think i will continue this next week.

2 twenties, 1 ten and a five, life drawing

gaining confidence in life drawing

 

After stretching myself with marker for most of the year I have returned to greylead for a week of lifedrawing. She was an amazing life-model who wants to join the circus and could hold some amazing poses. Here is a 20 minute pose. 

more markers and life drawing

A little proud of this 20min marker sketch

Life drawing in 2014!

Sorry I haven't posted any updates lately but that is not because I haven't been creating new art, the opposite, super busy enjoying Chris Oatley's latest class Painting Drama 2. 2014 has started off with a bang and I am practicing daily at improving my drawing skills. Here is the latest life drawing sketches, I have experienced a massive break through in my approach to observing after reading Marcelo Vignali's Fractal Methods books. If you can get your hands on one I highly recommend it, I was lucky to purchase it at CTN in LA last year. Here's a link to his site: http://vignalistudio.blogspot.com.au/2013_09_01_archive.html 

My life drawing is improving

Going to life drawing 3 weeks in a row has already made a huge difference on my observation skills! I must keep this up!

Marker & life drawing is hard!

I thinking learning to draw with confidence with a marker takes time, but it's something I am really trying to master. You have to be decisive and confident of each stroke. Will bring them to a class again.

Returned to life drawing

This year has been going past super crazy fast, but strangley the busier I become the more I work off a schedule and I could fit life drawing back in. Here is my fist session back! I was surprised i wasn't rustier!