Unusual poses for this week. I arrived slightly late and by the time I had got this much done it was decided that it wasn't a good idea for the model to keep this pose for the entire session. I would have like to work a bit more on the shading especially around the arm on the right. (Or to be more precise, that armpit area! I quite liked how the muscles looked there and how elongated this pose made the arm appear.) The shading on his leg looks pretty bad, I should have left it out instead of hastily putting it in at the end.
I'm OK with the shading here but I think I've made that outline too heavy. The last time this model was here I made him look like a cut out then too.
The best thing about the class is that one of the artists brought Anthony Ryder's book The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing. I find his work so inspiring and it made me realise I have to really work on 'seeing' as opposed to looking. I immediately ordered it on Amazon when I got home - I had been wondering what book to get for Christmas and as soon as I saw it I knew! Mind you, it feels like Christmas any time those Amazon packages arrive!
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I still think these are WONDERFUL, Felicity! You can capture so much with such fine lines!!! And I agree completely -- anytime an Amazon order comes -- is a holiday!!!
Lovely figure work! You inspire me and I'll check out that book. Lucky you, getting to draw a hunky guy! I feel so giddy at figure drawing sessions. I KNOW its imature but I can't help it!
I especially like the second drawing and actually enjoy your style of adding the darker outline. I don't think it looks like a cut-out at all. Do you prefer drawing men or women? I find women more enjoyable with all the interested curves.
Excellent - and like the new profile picture!
Thanks everyone!
Lindsay, the book has some great advice for capturing the figure, just flicking through the pages I read some that I'll be trying straight away. Actually, this guy is quite slim but the muscles show up really well!
Jana, this is the only male model I've seen there but I would prefer to draw males. I love the more pronounced muscles and getting to work on the shading. I find their curves more interesting! Perhaps because females are done so much more often I find them a bit boring. I prefer the thinner models too. I love to see the muscles and bones. I suppose the very large and the thin are my preference, the slim, without rolls of fat or muscle definition, are the least interesting to me.
Thanks Andrea! It was a moment of madness in a changing room - where I've had a few nasty shocks looking in THOSE mirrors! I liked how my face is a mirror image and how I really look is represented by the back of my head. Smoke and mirrors without the smoke! It was taken after the life class so now I don't feel quilty that it's years old like the last one!
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