Graphite and Paint
Here are the drawings from today’s life class. I don’t particularly like these very much, although there are elements of mark-making within each one that capture an impression of energy or expression that, in isolation, work quite well. The materials…
Negative Space and Mass
Some more quick pose sketches, this time concentrating on the negative space around the model, and the larger shapes to describe mass through shadow. It’s difficult not to slip into a linear way of describing the form, and I had…
Gesture and Scale
Some more quick poses from my new life class. In this session we were considering changes of scale to fill ever smaller pieces of paper. For me, it was more opportunity to practise quick gesture drawing, which I’m not used…
