Was asked to join a life drawing group and although I have NEVER drawn humans before I agreed. It was amazing. The joy I felt standing at the easel that first day was painted on my face and I'm sure it was palpable to the other 6 people in the room. Those drawings weren't very good. These are from my second attempt. The first model is Bill. He's actually one of the artists and incredibly talented and agreed to model for a short time because the actual model was late. We draw in a studio on an island accessible only by boat or ferry and the ferries were running late because a death on the island meant the need to hold the ferry until the police were on board. The artists caught the 7am ferry at 8 but when the model arrived to catch the 8:30 ferry (our usual one) it was on thd other side of the water dropping us off.
She arrived shortly after we started. I am amazed by the discipline and strength that our models have.
These were 30 sec poses...
This was a 15 min pose that I'm sure was a killer for her but she was a trooper and held it for us...
This was a 30 min pose...
These last two were hour long poses...
This one... Now she was different. Spent two hours sketching cows in the barn. Tried heads but they were too busy eating and moved around way too much. So I drew some cows bums for a bit before this gal laid down to chew her cud...
All drawings done on charcoal on newsprint.
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