A Visit to My Studio

Join me for a quick landscape sketch using watercolors as I look out the window of my barn loft art studio.

 

Figure Drawing Update: Amelia

 Model Amelia brought inspiration to our Osher Figure Drawing class today with creative poses.  

We worked on drawing the face with a close-up study, then incorporated our study into longer drawings.

Amelia's early gesture poses were full of variety, movement and grace.

Figure Drawing Update: Drawing David

 

During week 2 in our Osher Figure Drawing class I wanted to help my students see the mass of the body and its interior structure, so we began with a wrapped line drawing to explore the cross-contours of the body.  This approach also helps you to practice dealing with foreshortening.

We then switched to drawing the mass of the body using a soft charcoal chunk.

We finished up with longer poses, incorporating our mass studies.

Watercolor Projects

 

As we turn towards Autumn, the natural world is full of beauty to capture with my watercolor paints.  Time falls away, and only the colors and nature remain.

Figure Drawing Update: First Osher Class of Autumn

 Model Kathryn launched us on our artistic journey with creative poses.  It felt good to be back at my easel drawing with my students again.

Here are my 15 minute charcoal drawings:

We took on the challenge of selecting five lines in a one-minute pose to represent the whole figure.  I love the way that Five-Line Drawings create abstract yet sensitive expressions of the moment. 

As always, we began the session with quick gesture poses.  

Figure Drawing Update: Class Prep.

 I'm getting my drawing hand warmed back up for a new semester of teaching figure drawing.  Here are some sketches from the last few days of David -- from a private artist's drawing session I was invited to last night, and from a session today.

Gestures (1 & 2 minutes):

Five Line Drawings (1 minute each):  The game here is to use only 5 lines to capture the pose.  It takes a moment to think, and an abstract image results, often expressing the emotion of the pose as well as just the form.

Longer Poses (5-20 minutes):