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Figure Drawing, October 5, 2015

A great model tonight. Short, muscular, self-contained. Reminded me of our friend, Gordon. My favorite spotlighted here. Saying much with an economy of means, allowing the figure emerge from the paper.

Here below, four fifteen minute poses. Note the difference between using sienna and/or a darker brown conte pencil to define the figure. The darker line creates more contrast and definition. But is that what I want? Conté pencil highlighted with conté crayon on toned Canson pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

A few four minute poses. Conté pencil on Canson pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, September 28, 2015

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I’m still experimenting, getting used to drawing on sienna toned paper. Tonight, even though the model was not particularly inspiring, I found that it was possible to draw in the whole figure with a sienna colored conté pencil. This renders a very low contrast image which allows me to develop details from there. In this case, the head area, portrait style. The highlighted one here is an example of that approach.

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

Three four minute gesture studies. Tonight I used conté pencil on the more expensive Canson pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, August 24, 2015

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Ina, one of our regular models. The spotlighted one is a four minute study. Charcoal on toned sketching paper.

One fifteen minute pose. Conté pencil tightened with conté crayon on 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 17, 2015

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Ina, one of our regular models. The spotlighted drawing is done in pencil heightened with white conté pencil.

Two fifteen minute poses, one above, one 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 poses. 35 x 50 cm. or 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.

Figure Drawing, August 10, 2015

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Tonight felt like a bit of a breakthrough for me. I’ve just started using the sienna toned paper. But which color to use to draw the figure? And then what pastels to use for the highlights? It needs to become intuitive – as it did in this spotlighted one.

Three fifteen minute studies. One above and two below. Conte pencil tightened with conté crayon on toned pastel paper. 32.5 x 50 cm or 13 x 19 3/4 in.