Long Time No Post

Here is some “recent” work as I try to get back to posting regularly.

Getting back to posting

I really got out the habit of regular posting so to get back on track I’m putting up a few drawings done either at my class or at the Cedars Gallery.

Life Drawing Class

I am taking another life drawing class at Brookhaven College – this time in the regular semester.  Its fun and a real bargain – 6 hours a week for 16 weeks for $117!  Here are a couple of drawings from the class.

Recent Paintings

Here are some recent paintings from the group sessions at Cedars Gallery.

Sunday 8/10 at Cedars

Our model was Linzi who has beautiful hair and lots of it.  My drawing is 18×24, graphite pencil.

Drawing at Cedars

I have been behind in updates so I am just adding some recent drawings, all done since the last post at the Cedars Gallery drawing groups.

7/13 at Cedars Gallery

For our Sunday session Wendy modeled in a long pose.  Here is my drawing in pencil.

7/02, 7/06

On Wednesday I attended Michael Mentler’s  SOFA drawing group for the first time.  He has a terrific studio and runs a very good session.  The model was Aralyn.  I had a good time but I didn’t draw very well for some reason so I am just posting one short pose drawing.  On Sunday at the Cedars Gallery we had Dwight for a model.  Again I was largely dissatisfied with my work.  I spent a lot of time on a hatched pen drawing but I realize now that it was too big for that technique.   Back at home I did some anatomy study from that drawing and then did a small pen sketch from memory which I am posting here.  Incidentally, Steve Armes brought his Pit Bull which is trained to attack anyone who bad mouths  Bouguereau so it was a quiet afternoon for me.

Sunday 6/29 at Cedars Gallery

Our model was Aralyn in a long reclining pose.  I did two drawings both in pen and black and white chalks on brown kraft paper.

Sunday 6/22 – Cedars

Erin worked in the same pose as last week.  This week I drew in pencil.  In John Lincoln’s class he talked about how the medium should fit the model.  This is a strong model in a strong pose and I think now that pencil was too delicate a medium for it.

Thursday Evening

For this session we had two models, Marta and unborn child, and they were both terrific. They did two poses but I wasn’t happy with my drawing from the first. Here is the second, in pencil and black and white chalks on brown paper.

Sunday afternoon at the Cedars

Today our model was Erin in one long pose.  I did a couple of drawings.  This one in ink, black conte and white chalk on kraft paper came out best.

Inventing Light

To continue work I did in John Lincoln’s class I did line drawings from life and then used the drawings and invented light to produce a couple of paintings.  This is a skill I want to continue to develop for several reasons; it is useful in drawing and painting more strongly from life and it is of course necessary for working from the imagination.

Thursday evening drawing

We had Aralyn in a long pose.  I experimented with charcoal, gouache and white chalk on brown paper.  I’m not totally happy with the result – too stiff.

Sunday at Cedars

For the Sunday afternoon session at the Cedars Gallery we had Wendy in the same pose for two weeks.  This drawing is from the first week.  This week I pushed my drawing so hard that it fell off a cliff.

Thursday June 05 short poses

I attended the Thursday night drawing group led by Paul Labadie at Cedars gallery.  This week it was 5 and 10 minute poses with model Michelle, a really wonderful model who I had not worked with before.  Here are some of my drawings – in pen, charcoal and white chalk on brown kraft paper.

Life Drawing Class

In May I took a two week intensive life drawing class given by Brookhaven college. This was a 3 credit hour class run in what they call the Maymester. It was led by guest teacher John Lincoln of Los Angeles and Paris. Assisting him was Brookhaven teacher Lianne Krueger Sullivan. Mr. Lincoln was a student of Robert Beverly Hale. He is a tough old school guy who stressed understanding the form you are drawing and making up light to express that form. We had homework where we made cross contour drawings of pears and shoes and then “lighted” them from different directions. We drew all day long for two weeks with poses running from 5 to 25 minutes. I did over 70 drawings of 15 minutes or longer. It was a rare opportunity to study with a great artist. Here are some samples of my efforts.