After a very long break - a combination of my migraines and irregular schedules - I made it back to the life class yesterday. I felt very rusty too and it took over half an hour to settle in and start to concentrate. I expected the class would drag a bit as I'd been away so long but it flew by as usual so I didn't get to spend much time on the upper body and the arms are just outlines. I quite like the legs here but I needed to do a lot more shading on the hips and ribcage to make them work.
I always sit with the A3 pad (Daler Rowney) and a light board on my lap, legs crossed and one knee raised which is not ideal to say the least. As usual I got very stiff and decided this time that enough was enough and after the class went off to the art shop and bought myself a lightweight metal easel. I don't know why I waited so long! It's so much easier to see your work and step back from it to get a better, more objective perspective. The next class is in January so I've got a bit of a wait before I can road test it!
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Stunning life drawing! I kind of like that the arms are not as finished as the rest, it would have been almost too perfect otherwise. Lovely!
Awesome, Felicity -- so so so well done! I love your clean lines and shadings ... everything you sketch has an exquisiteness to it .. and this is no exception!
What a beautiful drawing. It certainly doesn't look as if you were stiff and uncomfortable while you were doing it. Nor does it look as if you haven't been doing any life drawing recently.
Very nice... and lovely gentle shading. Those models have tricks up their foreshortened "sleeves" don't they?!!
I just love the form of her upper leg (the one nearest to us). I really get a sense of the muscle structure there. Oh how I wish I could take a life drawing class!
Oh, what roshanda said about the leg is perfect -- it struck me immediately. This is a beautiful drawing!!!
exquisite. Don't tweak!
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