Summer 2013 Figure Drawing Class pt.2

We got into using color.

colored pencil & pastel on Strathmore pastel paper

Sarah had us doing gesture drawings with ink & brush one night.

This was great, as each mark had to really have meaning, and there could be little fussing about.

2 of my more effective ones:

   

Using ink to strictly fill in the negative space:

pencil gesture:

Ecorche head from cast:

Summer 2013 Figure Drawing Class pt.1

pencil on Strathmore Toned Tan paper

Torso study

pencil on Canson Mi-Teintes paper

Torso study

pencil on Canson Mi-Teintes paper

I just finished Sarah Kaiser's class at EAC for the 2nd time. I learned a lot and came out with some drawings I liked.

Michigan 2013

watercolor (with touches of colored pencil & gouache)

watercolor with touches of gouache

colored pencil

watercolor with touches of colored pencil

colored pencil

fountain pen and ink wash with white pencil highlights

We returned from our summer trip to South Haven, Michigan a week ago.

I was fairly prolific this year, and here are the results.