Booked in to go life drawing this morning, there wasnt many that arrived so it was quite nice to get some personal teaching. We started by doing a warm up drawing with charcoal on the ends of long bamboo sticks. To start we layed lining paper on the floor about 4 metres long and the model walked up and down beside us and we just put line to paper and created some beautiful organic drawings. The style of drawing was very Matisse, the shapes were simple and energetic, after the excercise you could really get a sense of a figure moving across the length of paper. The longer 50minute pose i chose to complete in charcoal, I used a page in my sketchbook that had been stained by some of the dye i had been using previously, it was nice to pull in a little of my current project and to work on top of a pigment getting a layered affect, the drawing ended up having a little more to it.
Going Life drawing wasnt particularly relevant to my project, but its just a good way to touch base with your skills and keep practicing. Drawing is so key and really helps get set up for the day to carry on working creatively.
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