Sorry about the lack of posts. I got stuck on one of Ann's challenges and couldn't decide whether to move on to another exercise or give it yet another try. Luckily, I had a really good day at the life drawing class yesterday, and now feel more confident and ready to draw again. I wonder why drawing always must be like this? - shifting between excitement and dejection, between confidence and paralysing self-critique.
Sharon showed me how to work with pastels in the spring. I did buy a pack of soft pastels from Winsor & Newton and a pad of pastel paper, but I have not really given it a try before yesterday. Then yesterday morning, I couldn't find my pencils and instead grabbed the soft pastels and a pack of pastel pencils before I ran out of the door. At the class, I just had to get on with it. It is not perfect, but for a second try (see first try here) I think it worked out really well! I am definitely going to work pastels again next week.
Thursday 18 November 2010
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Gry, How encouraging. To be able to pick up an unfamiliar medium and produce such good work proves you are a very good artist. You have captured the model's distant look perfectly - I wonder what she was thinking?
ReplyDeleteSharon, I think part of my success was due to the fact that it was a 90 minutes pose (2 x 45 min). After 30 minutes, I was ready to give up, but I continued just to see what would come out of it. It often helps not to have any expectations for the finished drawing.
ReplyDeleteI think that the model's distant expression is mostly due to boredom - 90 minutes is a long time just to lie on a couch :-)