Friday, October 12, 2018

Model sketching

It's fun to do the live model drawing so upon learning of the Silvermine Open Studio drawing classes in New Canaan, CT, I checked it out last Wednesday.  The three hour class was barely just in session when I first walked inside Studio 1.  Five sketchers were there.  One of them using the larger iPad Pro while the rest had 18x24in drawing pads on easels.  Mine was the 6.25x10in sketchbook.

Mostly drawn with Muji Mechanical pencil 0.3mm HB lead.  Model Sara executed beautiful poses.  Very challenging but I enjoyed it a lot!  The ghostly scans were due to the back-to-back page drawings I made.  Now I know not to sketch on the back page next time.

2-5 minutes each, 2B pencil.

5 minutes each, Mechanical pencil 0.3mm.

5 minutes each, Mechanical pencil 0.3mm.

Upper image 5 minutes; Lower two 10 minutes each.  Mechanical pencil 0.3mm.

20 minutes; Mechanical pencil 0.3mm.

Direct Ink drawing. Pilot Custom Heritage FA nib.

30 minutes, Mechanical pencil 0.3mm

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2 comments:

  1. Joan TavolottOctober 12, 2018 at 5:24 AM

    Nice sketches, Mel! The ghostly images give this an interesting look.

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    1. MelOctober 12, 2018 at 6:18 AM

      It does appear to have some similar poses in those ghostly images. Interesting! Thank you for visiting, Joan.

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