Sunday, July 31, 2011
Repose #82
A nice little sketch that suffers from a lack of attention to the face, otherwise I'm pretty happy with this one.
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Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Into the backlog we go
We were without a model last night so we must dig into the archives to make quota. Let's start with one of the last drawings of Amber from a few weeks ago.
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Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ambiguous
Very organic drawing for me. Swooping lines and no real structure. Different for me yet I like the end product.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
figurative drawing,
male,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
A nearly full figure?
I paid more attention once I realized I was being lax with the proportions. A little boxy with the technique but I was happy that I got back on track.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
figurative drawing,
male,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sanguine
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Black Hand Group,
conté,
drawing,
figurative drawing,
head study,
male,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Sunday, July 24, 2011
What the...
was I thinking? I noodled away on the head study and then found that I had an extra 15 seconds and knocked in the rest of the body only to find I had, yes, screwed up the proportions.
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Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
figurative drawing,
male,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Saturday, July 23, 2011
C'est la vie
Not on my "A" game with these drawings. If you stick around and follow this week you'll see that my proportions were not always there and I just wasn't focused enough to make the adjustments as needed. With this sketch it was the thumb under the chin that caused problems. I tried to fix it once but I don't think it was successful.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
figurative drawing,
head study,
male,
model,
newsprint
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
From gesture to finish
Amber took a very intriguing gesture pose that I asked her to recreate for a ten minute drawing. I am very happy with how it turned out and will probably want to revisit this pose in the future. The shapes and masses relate so well in this example of foreshortening. Very fun sketch.
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Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Abstract
A specific vignette using the arms as borders and utilizing the lost edges technique that I love so much. So much to draw in such a confined space, lots o' fun. These really interest me.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Nice pose
Another challenging pose. When I say challenging I don't mean a pose that is difficult or overly complex. I often mean one that is familiar enough, as is this one, that if it is done wrong it stands out as being incorrect. Add to the mix the model's thin and defined physique and the need for accuracy becomes paramount. Also, a bit of finesse is desirable, something I hope I accomplish more often than not. At times I could just put down the lines and be done with it but then the fun and reason would go out the window. I love seeing what a combination of lines and dragging a chunk of charcoal across some paper can produce.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Monday, July 18, 2011
Cheeky
Take the title any way you want. I liked the pose and was fairly happy with the sketch. With Amber's physique I have a difficult time not going all Klimt with my drawings. For those of you who actually read my blatherings it will come as no surprise that I like drawing the back of the human form. Great shapes and interesting relations between the masses.
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Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Another variation
Of one of my favorite poses. Amber closed this one up a bit which drew my attention to the arms more than the legs this time. With only five minutes to draw I had to make the determination of where the area of interest lay and I felt the torso with the tension of the shoulders was where I should focus my time.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Five
A quick 5 minute pose. The tricky part of drawing Amber are her proportions. Being as thin and fit as she is presents problems that make you have to take a harder look at what one is drawing. Every plane and shape becomes very prominent, as evidenced by the drawing above. When Erin modeled for us we had the same challenges. Makes it a lot of fun for the artists, that's for sure.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Friday, July 15, 2011
Gestures with Amber
Another terrific job from Amber. Her figure lends itself perfectly to anatomical life drawing and we appreciate when she models for us. I seem to learn something new each time.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Best of the night
Oops, forgot to post this morning. Oh well, this was my favorite drawing of the evening. It just came together.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Minimal
Minimal effort, minimal result. Had higher hopes for this one but I had to wait for the next one to be happy.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Takin' it easy
I had fun with this one. At ten minutes it gave me time to work out a lot of the folded material and other elements, not just the figure. Speaking of the figure, the serpentine flow of Sara's body in this pose really gives this drawing good movement, starting with the turn of the head all the way through the mid section and out through the legs. Very nice pose.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Monday, July 11, 2011
Demure
Standard pose but still an interesting one. The right calf in this one creates a problem because of foreshortening. Couple that with the left leg crossing over to hide easily identifiable landmarks and when drawing I realized how hard it is to know what it is I'm trying to sketch. Makes it fun.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Sunday, July 10, 2011
More delicate lines
I should have indicated the right hip. Otherwise this one seems to have me still focused on the light linework and careful delineation of the edges rather than the shapes.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Delicate line weight
When I started drawing this one I felt in a bit of a Fechin mood. The light lines and such just made me feel a little more focused.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Hmmm?
Another nice pose. I had fun with this one. I keep wanting to do the hair like Jeff Jones would do in ink, all squiggly and frantic.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
So so
Fell down on this one. I can't even use time constraints for this. I seemed to have had a problem with proportions on a couple of these sketches. C'est la vie, overall it was a pretty good night.
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Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
illustration,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
My favorite pose of the evening
This pose was one I would like to have turned into a painting. I think it's because it reminds me of a very large painting from "The Thomas Crowne Affair" with Pierce Brosnan. I believe it is "Certain Uncertainties" by Christian Vincent.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy Independence Day
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Black Hand Group,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Another five minute sketch
With her long and lean figure Amber presents some interesting challenges when it comes to drawing. You have to find the points where the shapes and masses meet and exaggerate them a bit to give the sketch more dimension. I started to push the highlights and the shadows on the leg to get to just that point.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Great Pose
This was my favorite pose of the evening. Being five minutes I chose to use a quicker, heavier handed approach to try and capture as much of the nuances as possible. Later we had a similar pose for a longer period of time that I am quite happy with.
Labels:
Black Hand Group,
charcoal,
conté,
drawing,
female,
figurative drawing,
model,
newsprint,
nude,
YAM,
Yellowstone Art Museum
Friday, July 1, 2011
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