On Saturday a friend of mine organised a life session and I took the opportunity to get back into the life room. It must be 15 or 16 months since I’ve done a live session with a model and despite the stolid poses it was good to get back. There is something about working under a time pressure – trying to get finished before the session moves on.
You can see the yellow throw served a number of purposes.
In the lockdown I have tried to develop drawings from sketchbooks, but I find that quick sketches lack information that a more developed painting requires, so I did try to focus on key shadow forms in some of my pencil sketches on the day so that I could take them further in the future.
I must see if other local groups have started up as despite all the angst I suffer with poor poses and indifferent lighting the sessions help to speed you up and get an image down quickly and the human form is a great measure of drawing accuracy.
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Well done Graham. I like the way you brought the yellow from the throw into the skin colours in the first pose and suggested it very subtly in the second pose.
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Thanks Louise, it was quite an imposing colour and an extra problem to deal with in the short time I had available.
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wow even though it has been so long since you have been in the studio your work certainly speak volumes. Really nice work.
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Thanks Dougie. Personally I was a bit underwhelmed by the output, but this being a kind of diary I put it out anyway. Though it was good working under pressure for a few hours – something you dont do when you’re on your own.
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