Life Drawing Week 10
We took the “Alla Prima” challange again this week. I’m finding painting like this really hard but really rewarding. I will keep plugging at it! Its very satisfying to feel like I’m beginning to understand tone.
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Paint! The Final Frontier. Life Drawing Class: Week 9
Getting Painty At Life Drawing.
My first attempt at “Alla Prima” and quite frankly I found it pretty brain noodling. The plus side I guess, is it made drawing feel like a doddle.
Maybe there’s a a lesson there… If you’re finding something difficult…try something even more difficult and it will make the first this seem simple!
Many thanks again to Rachel Mortimer for running a great class, and imparting some valuable pointers.
Alla Prima black n white painting. 15 minutes
Getting Technical, Life Drawing Class: Week 8
Life Drawing Class, Week 9
Drawing with Triangles only is producing results i’m really pleased with. This is also the first time i’ve used “measuring” since college, so it’s going to take me a while to grips with that again.
Drawing with triangles only – 10 min sketch
Bold & Beautiful, Life Drawing Class : Week 7
Life Drawing : week 7
Some great contours to study this week, and i particularly enjoyed doing my continuous line contour drawing at the bottom of this post.
Detail of 25 minute sketch
Life Drawing session with Rachel Mortimer : Week 6
Changing Things Up At This Weeks Life Drawing Class : Week 5
Life drawing : week 5
It was a really enjoyable challenge this week, working with a male model after 4 week of working with the female form. It forced the brain to really look and not assume the body shape. It was great to really appreciate the differences between the male and female anatomy and muscle structure.
Small Victories: Life Drawing : Week 4
Life Drawing: Week 4
I Felt like I had a small break through this week. I really enjoyed mixing my pen with my charcol.
Life Drawing : Good Days & Bad Days : Week 3
Life drawing: Week 3
The 3nd week at Rachel Mortimer’s life drawing class at the Farm Tavern in Brighton. The charcol wasn’t flowing as freely this evening even tho the model was amazing, so there are less sketcehs that i’m happy with. Sometimes you have good days, sometime you have bad days…
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2nd Life Drawing Class with Rachel Mortimer : Week 2
Life drawing: Week 2
Here are my efforts from my 2nd week at Rachel Mortimer’s life drawing class at the Farm Tavern in Brighton
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Life Drawing Class At The Farm Tavern With Rachel Mortimer : Week 1
I have been attending a brilliant life drawing class for the last few weeks
Monday nights at the cosy Farm Tavern in Brighton, run by the fabulous Rachel Mortimer. Wine, beer, crisps, life drawing and beautiful models, what could be better!? Its the best way to start the week.
Its a really realaxed class and Rachel offers tuition if you want, she also guides the class in optional drawing exerciser which teach you to think and see differently. Here are some of my sketches from the 1st week.
drawing with straight lines only to begin with
