Life drawing 20th August 2015

I had been printmaking all day so was very tired by the time I got to life drawing. Then I discovered that the tinted charcoal pencils I thought I had in my bag weren’t and instead I had mainly Conté sticks and pencils. And it was hot.

We did some two-minute poses first, to get our hand-eye coordination flowing.

Lying on front 2-minute pose. Conte on paper.

Standing with hand on hip – 2-minute pose. Conte on paper.

Leaning forward (left) and lying on back (right) – 2-minute poses. Conte on paper.

Crouching pose – 2-minute pose. Conte on paper.

Then we did some longer poses. I think these were all 15-minute poses.

Seated on chair, brown brown Conte stick on paper.

Seated pose with outstretched leg. 15-minute pose. Pencil on paper.

Standing 15-minute pose, black and white Conte on paper.

Curled up lying 15-minute pose. Black pencil on paper.

My impression by the end of the 2 hours was that I’d drawn very badly throughout that time, but looking at them again, apart from making the model look too broad in some, they’re not quite as bad as I thought. Hopefully, the next ones will be better.