Back to Work

I am right handed, but I can draw with my left hand. I find it takes more concentration to manage the charcoal or pencil. But I practise regularly to increase my skill. It hasn't made it any easier to write with my left hand!

It was so good when our life drawing group restarted after the summer holiday. We have had as many male as female models. I don't care as long as there is a body to draw. Most of these drawings are from short (15 to 20 minute) poses.

Life Drawing

 This was a charcoal drawing on A2 grey sugar paper.  The blind drawing below was marker pen on white cartridge paper.

Yesterday was the last session for the year for the life drawing group that I belong to. Life drawing is a bit addictive. When I started attending several years ago I didn't even like drawing. I knew I could draw and I needed to draw regularly for my course at the Learning Connexion. But I didn't like to draw. Can't say it has become my favourite activity but, as I said, the life drawing part of it has become an important part of my art life.
These two drawings were done during the same session. The charcoal one is a considered drawing. I worked hard on the proportions and the modelling of the form. The other drawing, however, was a much quicker one -- a blind drawing where I looked closely at the model but did not look at the drawing I was making on the paper until I was finished. I do enjoy doing blind drawings. I must confess my ability to do them has never improved but some of them just look so interesting. I have used a number of these as the basis for relief or drypoint prints.