Life Drawing Liverpool 15th January

Finally back to life drawing. Been so long, two months at least. Luckily I'm busy in work so am constantly drawing so no real perceived 'rust'. Heavy work schedule means I'm letting go of being too tight with these drawing; mainly finding angled with an extended arm, but no precise measuring - brain wasn't into it, haha! 

Rob is always a pleasure, and has one of those faces that is pretty easy to capture - nothing worse than burrowing a hole into my sketch pad looking for a likeness that isn't forthcoming! 

Life Drawing Liverpool 6th November

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Leaf on Bold street was last night's venue. New model, who I didn't quite get the name of; but wow, she was fantastic. There was a delicate, effortlessness in her posing, and her face had me thinking of a classic 19th century look. Not many drawings; somehow didn't get into it so much; despite the good posing. Top left is hands down my favourite; which ironically I drew without my glasses.. Maybe something to look at repeating. Bottom two pieces were such a challenge, I was quite far away; probably a good fifteen feet - no idea why I decided to focus on her face from so far away. Bottom right is a tracing of the image on the left; correcting what I had trouble with. 

I welcome the opportunity to draw her again. Fingers crossed. 

Life Drawing Liverpool 30th October

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Back to the Well Space, fully attendance and the chilly autumn evening. It's a weird space, in that it almost feels like you're in someones living room. Strangely cosy given we're all sat in an old warehouse type space; and it's not particularly warm in there either. 

Eve modelled; always fantastic poses, and had a good time overall. A few poses were left out; consisted of me not really finding a groove or an anchor point to work from. A mixture of two, five and twenty minute poses. 

Good to be back drawing again! 

Life Drawing Liverpool 7th August

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Attendance hasn't been great. I have to admit. Busy working weekends have gotten in the way, and when session are every other week, makes it hard to get a proper groove on. Last night's session was an odd one. A mix of emotions had me drawing with mixed results. The top few I was feeling pretty angry and haphazardly threw lines on without consideration. Or at least in a more brutal fashion.. If that's possible to say. A few one minute gestures mid-way down the page and then two completely different watercolours, both of the same 30 minute pose. Mixed bag. 

Life Drawing Liverpool - 10th July

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I was an hour late. Nearly didn't even go to the class; glad I did, as always. Embarrassingly I can't recall the model's name, but she's great to draw; expressive forms and a face that's nice to capture. Holds a pose very well too! 

Mixed bag of drawings; some felt tip; some 2b pencil, then the bottom two are a graphic stick; which I was hoping to mimic a charcoal stick, alas; I didn't get the result I desired. Charcoal next time, who cares about filthy fingers?! 

Life Drawing Liverpool - 19th June

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Back to wearing my life drawing hat, finally! Also back to one of my favourite venues - The Well Space.

I was very late to arrive, class was well underway when I finally sat down; had to race to get limbered up. Not many pieces overall. We did some transitional poses, which are fantastic practice, but not legible enough for putting up here. An interesting way to see learning through repetition over a very short timeframe. Drawing the same pose three times over and you really take on board the shapes and angles - even if the page looks like a dog's dinner! 

Another stab at the watercolour; I think not even ten minutes of painting, very rushed. Might go back into it and finish off. Very much enjoying the rush of painting and moving colour over a page, completely different mindset, which is most welcomed. 

Top marks to the new model, Neil; on a par with Rob, who I've considered to be the best at holding a pose. Maybe down to the yoga he does. More of Neil, I hope! 

Life Drawing Liverpool - 5th June 2016

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Here's the new home for my blog; keep it streamlined and in one place - makes sense. I'm likely to sift through older tumblr posts and bring them here. 

A little while since I last went to life drawing (5th April to be precise) Kept up the sketching, so didn't feel particularly rusty - phew! This week we had Arthur. Decent session on the whole. John was considerate to give us some long poses; which inspired me to take out my new watercolour pan set. So some gestural, full figure and then some watercolours towards the bottom.

Must admit I hadn't much clue initially, with the colour - I tend to think in line, and than in itself is enough to consider when trying to capture the human form. Generally pleased with my efforts!