girls girls girls

tonal practice..(mark 1)

After practice of the line drawings I decided to try a tonal pencil drawing using a 2b, 6b and 9b.... something I haven't done for a number of years now...I find this process quite tight, but it does have a wow factor if you can get it right... this isn't bad for my first attempt for a while, so I intend on practising some more, till the form is 100% .. I think I need stronger lighting to give a sense of depth and to make it easier to practice the tonal differences...

I do enjoy the challenge of drawing still life.

Can you be too handsy?

I haven't drawn for a while, so I wanted to practice my line drawing, this is what happened...

these are the first five simple doodles I did,
In order to be less precious about the line and get back to grips with my hand/eye coordination, I didn't correct the mistakes I made, and tried to use strong marks to produce a confident result.

I think there is a strong development already, in just five drawings worth of practice, the image at the bottom was the first I did... ( they go up in consecutive order) the proportions are out, but there is a good sense of form. The drawings towards the top are clearly better proportioned, ad there is a much better use of line, the marks suggest solidarity and character.

one of the few times I drew my ideal model

I would love the opportunity to draw more figures

like this,I don't know what it is about her voluptuous

curves and the harsh lighting, but I feel this picture

celebrates the female form wonderfully.

Can anyone smell feet?

I really enjoyed drawing these studies. I was really pleased with the outcomes. Since these drawings I have worked on tone and line drawings so my lines are more confident and less sketchy.

I remember the feeling I had when I first showed people these studies, and even though i have moved a lot further on from these I still break a huge smile when some one says they like these drawings.

Mixing it up...

...don't you mean masking it up?

I started with smaller studies this session, and I think

they are successful , I like the use of tone and masking tape

and the way that the studies are ordered to make an abstract

form of the model.

Again I have incorporated masking tape into the structure

of these drawings, it gives a new texture and linear aspect

to the form, I used a blue watercolour to create shadow,

I am not sure why I chose this colour but I think it works

really well

-These are drawings of a much skinnier model,

I like the foreshortening in this, but I think I could

have exaggerated it more if I was looking at her from

a lower angle (more the the right)

more to the Recycled series...

I like the use of masking take, old envelopes and used

newspaper, to give depth and texture.

I really enjoyed drawing from this pose, there are lots of good angles and curves,

the linear aspect from the newspaper columns acts as great negative space.