Figure Drawing for March 31, 2010

40 Minute Pose

Hey, Kids!  A figure drawing!

Once more, the color on black paper gives a neon look to the picture, which makes the drawing seem cooler than it really is.  :-)

This was done with pastel on 12" x 18" black Strathmore 500 paper.

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Figure Drawing for March 26, 2010

15 Minute Pose

Inflicting more figure drawings...

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

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5 Minute Pose

Just for fun, here are the warm-up drawings with the same model...

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

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5 Minute Pose

Second verse, same as the first: This was also done with charcoal and carbon pencil on 8-1/2" x 11" gray cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for March 22, 2010

15 Minute Pose

Well, it's time again to inflict another figure drawing...

This was done with ballpoint pen, black watercolor, and white acrylic paint on 8-1/2" x 11" gray card stock.

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Figure Drawing for March 19, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Here are a couple quick paintings of the previous model...

This one was done with black and white acrylic paint on gessoed 7" x 10" illustration board.

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20 Minute Pose

Second verse, same as the first: This was also done with black and white acrylic paint on gessoed 7" x 10" illustration board, too.

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Figure Drawing for March 16, 2010

40 Minute Pose

Here's yet another figure drawing...

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

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Figure Drawing for March 12, 2010

15 Minute Pose

Here's another picture...

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

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Figure Drawing for March 9, 2010

40 Minute Pose

Oopsie!  I guess I'm falling behind schedule...  I'll try to keep on schedule a bit more in the future of 2-3 postings/picture per week.  No guarantees--explicit or implied in this proclamation.   :-)

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 15"  Stonehenge (#110) paper.

Also, as a bit of Trivia, this painting was on the front page of  The La Crosse Tribune as part of a cover story about nude models through the UW-L figuration class I go to when it it offered.  Here is the picture from the website (used on the front page of the paper edition, as well).

And, yes, that is my hand in the picture.  :-)

For those mildly interested, here is a link to the story from the paper.  I'm not sure how long the link will be active, but here it is currently:

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/article_4ee87e9b-4383-564e-93c9-b6e4bda5da0c.html 

As an added note: I just realized the story was posted one year and one day to the date of publication -- March 8th, 2009.  Rats!  I would have posted this yesterday if only I had known.  :-)

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Figure Drawing for March 1, 2010

30 Minute Pose

What the--?  It's March already?  What the heck happened to January and February?  Tempus Fugeddaboudit, I suppose...

Anyhoo, here's yet another semi-weekly post.

This was done with white chalk on 12" x 18" black Strathmore paper.

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