Tag: life drawing

I see a lot of artwork on the internet and think to myself “How did they get that good?” Recently I tried repainting a doll’s face and failed miserably, and I see people who do paint faces like it’s a second instinct. So what’s the difference? They’ve had lots of practice. First try will never […]

I didn’t find this session as successful as other sessions I’ve been to. I’m not sure if I was having an off day or it was the model. This weeks model is 7 months pregnant making her a bit more difficult to draw for me. Maybe it’s because of comics and media but I have […]

A teacher in primary school told me once that an eraser should last you a lifetime. I can safely say that teacher has never done life drawing and is wrong. So far I have gone through 2 erasers from use. If you look closely at the drawings you can see where I’m correcting myself regrading […]

Life drawing was finally back on. I’ve found that it’s hard to get started after such a long break. In between the months since  life drawing I’ve been practising faces and hands. Proportions took  a little longer to get right. It’s clear that I need to practice drawing the figure more, maybe with clothing. I’m still […]

It’s been a while since I posted my life drawing sessions. These were actually done in July, but haven’t gotten round to posting them till now. I’ve been using charcoal pencil with bond layout paper. Paper seems to make all the difference on how I draw. Taking notice of other people’s drawings I’m keen to […]

I don’t have a A3 scanner so I’m finding it a bit hard with the weather to take suitable photos of my life drawings. I’ve changed mediums again. I’m now using charcoal pencil and willow charcoal for the construction lines. This sessions model was Nadia and I’ve come to love the difficult poses she’s so […]