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| What the post brought, Emily G, pastel drawing in altered sketchbook |
It's always fun to draw a new model in Sudbury Life Drawing Group. Emily G is a performance artist who works mostly with children. I was on the side of the room with the light at my back, close to the model, so for once I could see really well. That didn't mean my drawings were better, though. Of the seven I made, these three were the best. Two ten-minute poses and the portrait which was about 25 mins. Emily has some large tattoos. You can see one peeking over her shoulder.
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| 10 minute pose, Emily G, charcoal on paper |
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| Head back, Emily G, charcoal on paper |
Poor Emily found almost immediately that her neck was hurting in this pose, so she tilted her head back further... rather than change the shapes, I left the head unfinished.
I'm not sure when I made these pastel drawings in my altered sketchbook, A Bold Venture, of Terry… it may have been the same day as what happened next.
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| A Shattering Blow, Terry, pastel drawing in altered sketchbook |
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| Quenched Flames, pastel drawing in altered sketchbook |
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| A Friend in Need, pastel drawing in altered sketchbook |
The last time I drew Terry I began by covering my paper in vine charcoal and used the subtractive method of drawing to begin. As it turned out, that was a good warm-up for Terry's unusual scenario next...
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Terry had brought a big piece of plastic sheeting which he draped over himself. It forced even the most figurative of us to work more abstractly.
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