Life drawings

A couple of drawings made at the life class in Stamford Arts Centre this week. One in pencil and one using 'trois crayon' (we were talking about Watteau in the break). This was the same pose from different angles. I really liked the way the head was turned showing the neck muscles. I'm learning that if there is something that captures my interest in a pose or a model then I tend to produce better drawings. As usual click on images for a larger version.

Portrait drawing - sanguine

Our life model was a no-show this week, so by popular demand a member of the drawing group agreed to be a portrait model. I think you can see why we wanted to draw her. Drawing was done using sanguine conte chalk, white chalk and charcoal pencil. On green paper which is great for portraits. I finished this at home, which is risky, but it had to be done.

Pastel portrait

We had a colourful girl as a portrait model at this week's life drawing group at Stamford Arts Centre. I had to get the coloured chalks out again. Drawing is using conte pastel sticks, with a touch of black pencil on green Ingres paper. I used a rolled up bit of paper (tortillion) to blend colours. This was drawn over two sessions of one hour. Click to zoom.