Thursday, May 7, 2009

Life drawing




For two weeks in a row now we've had the same model. To be perfectly frank, I was hoping for a little shake-up and get some male flesh in there; but that is completely selfish of me. We had a substitute this week who looked like Dorothy Hamill from the 70's, page-boy haircut and all. She was fabulous.

I found this week more challenging than I was expecting. She had us start with a toned grayed canvas and then begin our drawing by rubbing out the light bits first, then filling out the dark bits with willow charcoal. I was disappointed at how little charcoal actually sticks to the page; you REALLY have to rub it in to the tooth of the paper!

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