Figure Drawing, September 5, 2016

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I’ve decided to highlight one of the four minute poses for a change. Tonight I experimented with using conté pencil on pastel paper for the quick poses instead of cheap sketching paper. It creates more drag on the crayon, which for a quick sketch translated into a heavier more intentional line. So here, one four minute pose. Conté crayon on pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Two fifteen minute poses below. Conté crayon with pastel chalk on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, August 15, 2016

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One of my all-time favorite models, Luc. He is a dancer, so he easily takes on interesting poses containing a sense of gesture. Also, he sometimes wears his white, flowing, dancing pants, which allow for other interesting lines and contrasts. Five fifteen minute poses. Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

 

And a few four minute poses – also well worth spotlighting but I only have one shot.35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, August 8, 2016

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One of the regular models, Ina from South America. Maybe Brazil? She is very friendly but not that creative in terms of her poses so I’m always glad if something can emerge from a session with her. In this case, the portraits capture a fairly good likeness. I decided to spotlighted one here simply because it is an interesting study using a cool blue conté crayon for the shadows and dark accents, which I don’t usually do. Three fifteen minute studies. Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

 

A few four minute poses. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, August 1, 2016

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A good model tonight. She took interesting poses that translated into a few good drawings.

Two fifteen minute studies, one above and one here below. Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon pastel sticks on pastel paper. 332.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Two of the four minute poses. Conté crayon pencil on sketching paper. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, April 25, 2016

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Ina, from South America. Not one of my favorite models, simply because her posing is not very creative. So I’m always glad if  a few drawings make the cut. Actually, the highlighted one included here is a pretty good likeness of her. Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Three four minute poses. Conté pencil on toned sketching paper. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, March 14, 2016

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Three fifteen minute poses. One above two below. Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon on tinted pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

A four minute pose. Conté pencil on toned sketching paper. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, February 15, 2016

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A model whose ethnic characteristics are Indian. So she has almost bluish tints to the highlights of both her hair and skin. Nice, but it can be chromatically challenging if you take your visual impression literally.

One fifteen minute pose, spotlighted above. Conté pencil heightened with conté crayon on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Three four minute gesture studies. Black charcoal on toned sketching paper. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

 

Figure Drawing, February 8, 2016

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The model with ponytails. A fruitful session.

Five fifteen minute poses, one above and four below. Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

 

Three four minute gesture studies. Conté crayon on sketching paper. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, January 24, 2016

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Luc, one of my favorite models. He takes great poses and often wears flowing white pants. Makes for interesting textures and flowing lines.

Two fifteen minute poses, one above and one here below. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Two four minute poses. Decided to use pastel paper for the quick sketches tonight. I usually don’t do that since it is more expensive. But it does possess a different tactile quality than the cheap sketching paper – allowing for more drag on the conté crayon. Sometimes you want that, sometimes you don’t. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.