One Week 100 People - Day 3 - Interlude

I knew that I wouldn't have much time on Day 3. But I did manage to grab half an hour or so and remembered I had bought some recorded life drawing sessions. It's a long time since I've done life drawing. I'm very rusty. I admit I paused the sessions, because I really can't do much in 2 minutes these days. I started with colour pencil and watercolour. Just grabbed a palette I hadn't used in a long time. Then decided to move to Kakimori nib and ink, with watercolour  added when it wasn't quite dry!

You'll know straight away which ones were done first. I got into a good state of flow pretty quickly, though!

Line of action sketches

 Quick drawings. Trying to draw people more. Using Line-of-action website. Feeling rusty!

Very rusty!

Life Drawing with Izabella

We had a lovely life drawing session last Friday, with some new types of poses - close-ups - that I really loved. I've been keeping up my online life drawing practise over the last few weeks, but I have to say that it can be tough at times. It's not so much the fact that it's online or from a 2-D image. I'm not a purist. But staring at a relatively small screen for two hours when there's just a model and a white wall can be hard on the eyes and the soul. That's why I do love more interesting settings, costumes, poses and camera angles. And it was fun to have music in the background too! I'm a believer in making the most of the online medium rather than trying to pretend we're in the studio!

Life Drawing - Elena

I can't believe it's nearly 2 weeks since this session. I am waaay behind in posting! So, another beautiful session with Dublin Drawing and the lovely Elena!

This is just a shelf with books and a plant that was there in the background, but Tadhg seemed to make a big deal about it, so I had this compulsion to sketch it !

I'm using ink and pencil as well as Artgraf tailor shapes these days

I got more interested in the deck of cards than in the pose!

This is one of my favourites, one minute. No time for anything else!

Life Drawing - Maxime

Best mindfulness session for €6! Life drawing with Dublin Drawing on Zoom every Friday evening! It's laid back, but the moment I start drawing, I'm in the here and now. Great models. Classic poses (and a few whacky ones!). This time I was exploring diluted India ink with Artgraf and pencil. It was a good night after a difficult day. Fantastic model, MaximeArtModel, always finding ways to catch the light!

Life Drawing - Izabella

I didn't get to life drawing last night. But here is my output from last week! Another wonderful life drawing session with Dublin Drawing. This time Izabella used subtle props. I found it really good - sometimes, I think it's hard for me to focus during a two-hour Zoom session with just a model and a contrasting background. My eyes get so tired. The props helped me to focus. Plus it's fun!

Life Drawing - Hayley

Beautiful model, so professional. I wasn't in top form, so these are the only drawings I will share with you. 

Life Drawing - Maxime

 Another fabulous model with Dublin Drawing - Maxime. Beautiful twists and poses and great lighting.