For starters, the model was excellent. She posed very well and
she’s friendly and approachable. I look forward to working with her again in
August. Here are some drawings I did of her.
The first four drawings are quick one and half minute gestures.
I absolutely love gesture drawing. It lets me get the real essence of the pose
down very quickly and clearly. I imagine myself feeling what the model feels
not only in weight distribution but, also emotionally. Empathy is a key to understanding the
underlying psychology of a pose. At some point, I may use charcoal and watercolor
to create these wonderful images. For now, I’ll continue to use a fountain pen.
Last night, I woke up around 4 am and couldn’t get back to
sleep. So, I lay in bed trying to sleep.
An hour or so later, I got up and started getting ready for the session.
Maybe I should have counted sheep or something. A few drawings that I omitted
from this post because they were not working out like I had hoped were drawn but, not posted. I had capped my pen to rest my eyes. Some twenty or so minutes later I woke up to find the model has changed her pose. And, one of the artists in the room told me after I had asked, "Yes, you were snoring." That all happened before the following sketch.
The previous sketch was not up to par so I started again on the
same pose. Although I had wanted this sketch to have more detail; it came out
better than I had expected. By this time I was just getting warmed up.
The grandmother of one of the artists told me about an
exhibit nearby that I went to see today. And, it was great! I asked the
receptionist why wasn’t this artist more widely known and his response was, “Most
of his work is in private collections.” That’s a shame. I hope to buy some art books of his work from the museum gift shop before the exhibit ends in September.
