Figure Drawing for December 31, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 8-1/2" x 11" blue cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 30, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with ball-point pen on 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 29, 2010

40 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 28, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 8-1/2" x 11" gray cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 27, 2010

40 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 12" brown cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 26, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with pencil on 11" x 14" Strathmore drawing paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 25, 2010

HAPPY MERRY EVERYTHING!

Greetings, everyone!  I hope everyone has a great holiday season (HOLIDAZE would be more appropriate, methinks).  As per usual for Christmas, I took my lumps--of coal.  But, given the energy commodity rates, I'm pretty sure I come out ahead on that one.  IN YOUR FACE, SANTA!  Ho ho ho!

45 Minute Pose

This was done with colored pencil on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 24, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 9" x 12" Strathmore 500 charcoal paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 23, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 8-1/2" x 11" brown cardstock.

Well, the head is a little small in the drawing, but I still sorta like the lights and darks.  Oh, well... 

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Figure Drawing for December 22, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 21, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 12" x 18"  bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 20, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 19, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 8-1/2" x 11" brown cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 18, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 8-1/2" x 11" blue cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 17, 2010

5 Minute Pose

This was done with ball-point pen on 9" x 12" Strathmore sketch paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 16, 2010

5 Minute Pose

This was done with ball-point pen on 9" x 12" Strathmore sketch paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 15, 2010

15 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 8-1/2" x 11" blue cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 14, 2010

5 Minute Pose

This was done with ballpoint pen, watercolor, and white chalk on 8-1/2" x 11" blue cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 13, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" Strathmore 500 charcoal paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 12, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 11, 2010

15 Minute Pose

This was done with pencil on 9" x 12" Strathmore drawing paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 10, 2010

15 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 9, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" Strathmore 500 charcoal paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 8, 2010

15 Minute Pose

This was done with pencil on 9" x 12" Strathmore 400 Drawing Paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 7, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and pastel on 11" x 15" Waterford watercolor paper.  I painted the Waterford with random colors and spatters in watercolor before allowing it to dry and used it with the figure drawing in pastel.  I may have to do some more similar things in the future, as it has some interesting effects...

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Figure Drawing for December 6, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 5, 2010

1 Minute Poses

These were done with pencil on 12" x 12" off-white, textured cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 4, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 12" brown bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 3, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with pencil on 11" x 17" Hammermill printer paper.

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Figure Drawing for December 2, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 8" x 12" gray cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for December 1, 2010

40 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 14" Hot-Press Arches watercolor paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 30, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with ballpoint pen and watercolor on 8-1/2" x 11" brown cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for November 29, 2010

15 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 8-1/2" x 11" brown cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for November 28, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 8-1/2" x 11" brown cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for November 27, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 26, 2010

40 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 14" hot-pressed Arches watercolor paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 25, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 24, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 23, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 15" Stonehenge paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 22, 2010

10 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock

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Figure Drawing for November 21, 2010

Hey, it's my 200th Post... Hooray!

Here are the first two paintings I did with watercolor on Yupo paper a couple weeks back.  Yupo is a synthetic paper, which has a smooth, peculiar feel to it.  I've had a tablet of Yupo for almost a year-and-a-half and just now got around to playing with it.  It takes a little getting used to--the paint just sits on top of the "paper" and doesn't absorb into the Yupo at all.  If the watercolor just fails spectacularly, you can just wash it all off and start over again on a clean sheet of paper, again.  :-)

Even though I posted a painting on Yupo last week, these were my first Yupo paintings.  I have a model skull which I decided to use as a still life.  

Of course, I probably should have posted something like this on Halloween.  Oh, well.

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30 Minute Painting

This was done with watercolor on 6" x 9" Yupo paper.

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30 Minute Painting

This was done with watercolor on 6" x 9" Yupo paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 20, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" brown bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 19, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 18, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 8-1/2" x 11" gray cardstock.  

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Figure Drawing for November 17, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 12" x 18" gray bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 16, 2010

30 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white chalk on 11" x 15" Strathmore 500 Charcoal Paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 15, 2010

1 Minute Poses

These warm-up sketches were done with pencil on 9" x 12" Strathmore Drawing Paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 14, 2010

15 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 9" x 12" Strathmore (#80) Drawing Paper.

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Figure Drawing for November 13, 2010

20 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 6" x 9" Yupo paper.

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