Figure Drawing for October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

OK, this is a bit of a cheat... This is from my Tombstone I painted a couple years back and was one of the first posts on this Blog.  I also posted a couple updated tombstone pictures on my (Mostly) Comic Book Blog.  

The image is about 11" x 14" and was done with Acrylic paint on 2' x 3' x 1" plywood.

Figure Drawing for October 28, 2011

40 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 27, 2011

10 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 26, 2011

10 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 25, 2011

2 Hour Pose

This was done with black and white watercolor/gouache on 11" x 14" hot press Arches paper (140#).

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Figure Drawing for October 24, 2011

400th Post!

Well, as mentioned in the last post, here's both the 400th post and first post beginning year three of this blog...

75 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 22, 2011

Two Year Anniversary!

Well, here it is, 2 years after my first "real" post on the blog (I'm not counting the one where I just said "Hooray, I'm on the InterWebs!").  So far, I've done 399 posts in two years, so, while not all that great, it isn't all that bad, either--an average of a post every 1.8 days.  

Of course, if I was paying more attention, I could have had my 400th post be on the anniversary date, but I suppose it is just as good to have the 400th post be the first of year three.

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This was a painting I did in 2008 for a model who was kind enough to pose for me, personally.  I worked on this painting over the better part of a week when I would have a free hour or two.  It is definitely more finished than my usual postings--which are done within the time limits of the figure drawing sessions I go to.

This was done with watercolor on 16" x 20" Waterford 140# watercolor paper.

For mild amusement, here was part of the process...

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Thanks to everyone for stopping by for the past two years!  Hopefully, here's to another 2 years!  (Maybe more...)

:-)

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Figure Drawing for October 21, 2011

30 Minute Pose

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 14" Waterford 140# watercolor paper.

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Figure Drawing for October 20, 2011

30 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 19, 2011

2 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 17, 2011

40 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 15, 2011

30 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 14, 2011

20 Minute Session

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

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Figure Drawing for October 10, 2011

2 Minute Poses

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These were both done with charcoal pencil on 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for October 9, 2011

40 Minute Pose

This was done with charcoal and white chalk on Strathmore 500 charcoal paper. 

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Figure Drawing for October 8, 2011

40 Minute Session

  

This was done with charcoal and white chalk on 18" x 24"  Strathmore 500 charcoal paper.

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Figure Drawing for October 7, 2011

30 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for October 6, 2011

20 Minute Pose 

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

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Figure Drawing for October 5, 2011

15 Minute Pose

The last of the "Angel Wing" series.  And crazy colors, man!  :-) 

This was done with pastel on 8-1/2" x 11" black cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for October 4, 2011

20 Minute Pose

The second of the "Angel Wing" series. 

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

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Figure Drawing for October 3, 2011

5 Minute Pose

I  found some older pictures from a couple years back and thought I'd post 'em over the next week or so (and maybe keep a few on hand, just in case I run low on stuff to post).  In this series of poses, the model wore a pair of costume angel wings, which I found visually interesting.  

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

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