Started the life drawing course this week- to kick off we did some consecutive line charcoal and pencil drawings layering each on top of the next. I then rubbed these drawings out with a paper towel to create a mid-grey ground, which I then drew on top of again using chalk pastel and a variety of drawing techniques including continuous line, left-handed drawing, two handed drawing, and drawing not looking at the paper! I thought the effect created images that were refreshing and full of energy, and captured the essence of the movement of model.
We then made a series of 10-minute drawings using charcoal and an eraser on a mid tone charcoal ground, bocking in areas of tone to build up an image. It was difficult to resist the urge to use line in the drawings!
Finally we made eight very quick drawings using oil pastel that was then covered in quink ink , causing a resist effect . We then drew again into the ink using bleach. Some of the images were really simple but very effective. Sometimes the highlight effect of the bleach succeeded in implying a full solid human form.
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