Figure Drawing - 2 weeks in a row

I made it to figure drawing for the second week running. I had a good start with the short poses but after the first longer pose I wasn't really feeling that great. I was drawing with graphite up until that point so I decided to switch to pen and work on some semi-blind contour drawings. This was the first attempt and it worked in that it got me drawing again without worrying too much about what the actual drawing was looking like.

After the jump there are some examples of my 2 minute poses.
Enjoy!
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I like the center drawing on this page


Something about the one one the left catches my eye.

Fall Figure Drawing

I made it to the SVA figure drawing studio today after work for the first time since the new school year. It had been so long since the last time I went that I was really a bit worried and hesitant that I wouldn't be able to draw. The start was a bit rocky but after a few sketches I fell back into a bit of a rhythm and churned out some decent sketches. There are more after the jump but the one above was one of my favorite long poses.


A few two minute poses.


Our first long pose.


Another drawing that I was really happy with.


Overall it was so much fun to be back at figure drawing. All of the crazy regulars were there which is always strangely comforting. After such a fun time drawing I was basically giddy for the rest of the night.

Hope I can make it next week.
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2 minute poses

I made it to figure drawing tonight. This page is a selection of two minute poses.

Another Figure Drawing Session

I made it to figure drawing again tonight. SVA was off last week for spring break and things have been pretty crazy at work so I haven't made it since
Valentine's Day. It was a bit rough at the start but I managed to get into the groove a bit towards the end and pull off a few drawings that I'm happy with.

I picked up a few different colors of Prismacolor pencils today so you can see the posted image is drawn in a somewhat maroon color. I would still like to try out watercolor for figure drawing as well as black and white Prismacolor on medium tone paper.

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Valentine's Figure Drawing

Tonight I went to the SVA figure drawing for the second time. Showing here is my most successful drawing of the night, it was the first longer pose. After the jump I have a few more drawings from tonight's session.

I can't wait to doing more figure drawing.

This is a page of 2 minuet warm up poses that I like. I started out drawing with the Ebony Graphite pencil but switched to a black Prismacolor pencil for the longer 20 minuet poses and was really happy with the results.

This is another long pose that was working well. I need to work a bit faster so that I can try to get both models into the composition. One of the models was a dancer and she had a really small, compact, muscular body that was really interesting to draw.

I was able to build up the tones with the Prismacolor pencils really well, much better than with the graphite. I'm planing on picking up some more Prismacolor pencils in some other colors for the upcoming Wednesdays. I would also like to try out some drawing on middle tone paper with Prismacolor pencils. I think I have an old pad of paper from foundation drawing that should take with me next week.

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Figure Drawing

I finally made it to the SVA figure drawing session with LJ. It happens every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 9:30 and costs only six bucks. I met LJ's friend Alex, he makes some pretty great drawings and illustrations.

This is my best sketch of the evening. Drawing the human form is so difficult, hopefully if I make it to SVA more often I can improve.

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