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Life drawing
I've been attending a few life drawing sessions of late, first time in over twenty years. The first week was incredibly frustrating as (not suprisingly) I found that skills were no longer there. The second week went a lot better as I was more relaxed and last week (wk3) I even started working on the light and shadow, which was quite hard because there were several light sources. Generally a 2 hour session starts with about 10 - 20 minutes of 2 minute poses with some 5 minute poses thrown in towards the end. I find the two minute poses great as they force you to find the lines that capture the essence of the pose/model. Towards the end of the session there's two or three 20 - 25 minute poses. These are all the same pose with a ferw minutes break for the model. I move to a different vantage point each time as I'm trying not to get too precious about the drawing, I'm not after a "finished product" The 5 and 10 minute poses inbetween I don't like, they're not long enough to get detailed and too long for a quick sketch. I'm enjoying the rekindling of skills and it's an inexpensive way to spend saturday morning. Comments welcome.
Mick
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week two
A couple of drawings from week two.
Mick
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week three
Some from week three.
Mick
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A couple more
A few more from week three.
Mick
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Mick,
I find the difference in the three weeks amazing! I think I would have given up in frustration week one.
I can't wait to see week five!
I think you were understating "the skills were no longer there", they were just hidden under a few chippies callouses! :wink:
My 30 year hibernation is in a similar thawing period. You may even have prompted me to show and tell!
Well done, don't stop now!
P
:D :D :D
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Good on you Mick,
You're a man of many talents. I have a hard time drawing a conclusion. :D I'm most envious.
Al.
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Yeh that's fantastic progress.Keep posting. :2tsup:
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Hi Mick
I'm with Midge! The difference between each week is obvious and great! :2tsup:
cheers
Wendy
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Great stuff, Mick, keep them coming :2tsup:
Pic 4 week 3 (post #3 above) is a gooder - great lines. :)
Cheers...................Sean
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your a man of many talents Mick
l like week 2 #2 has good flow to it:)
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I also like the flow in week 2, the difference over the three weeks really is surprising. Nice work Mick I'm sure we are all looking forward to what comes out of the last week of the classes.
Cheers, John.
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G'day JourneymanMick,
:2tsup: Like others have said there's a noticeable difference and development from the first week to the latest. Keep 'em coming.
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Thanks all,
you've got me worried now with this praise that I may plateau out and make little or no improvement.:rolleyes: / I keep telling myself I'll make the time to practice during the week but it never seems to happen.:no: I'll keep posting until either:
a) I stop going
b) Improvement ceases (in which case (a) will shortly follow:doh: )
Oh, and the "lines" as such are more to do with the model's pose and Rubenesque build than any talent on my part.:roll:
Mick
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you've got a natural eye, so it seems.
I especially like this one:
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...chmentid=53631
The whole body is so relaxed, and you get a real sense of the weight pressing down. Brilliant stuff. Wish I had some of your talent.
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