Figure Drawing for April 27, 2010

45 Minute Pose

Another figure drawing... well, painting, I suppose.  This session was playing with lighting and had a red light on one side of the model and a blue light on the other, hence the unnaturally warm color on the side which was facing me.

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 15" Arches (#110) Hot-Press watercolor paper.

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Figure Drawing for April 26, 2010

25 Minute Pose

Here's another figure drawing...

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 15" Waterford (#110) Hot-Press watercolor paper.

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Figure Drawing for April 25, 2010

40 Minute Pose

Hey, it's my 100th figure drawing posted!  This was a self-portrait for one of the figure drawing classes I attend in La Crosse, WI.

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 April 24, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Hey, it's a figure drawing... Geez.  I gotta think of better stuff to write up here.  It's pretty redundant to the title, now that I think about it.  Oh, well... :-)

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

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Figure Drawing for April 23, 2010

30 Minute Pose

Here are a couple more drawings from the same drawing session as the previous post and are also done as pastel on black paper.  It gives is a sort of neon look, which really makes everything seem to "pop".

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

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45 Minute Pose

Second almost same as First: This was done with pastel on 12" x 18" black Strathmore 500 Charcoal Paper.

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Figure Drawing for April 22, 2010

5 Minute Pose

Here are a bunch of figure drawings and warm-up sketches...

These were all part of the same drawing session.  Once again, the pastel on black paper never seems to shoot quite right.  Ah, well.  Blue and white seem to make things more ethereal and ghostlike.

This was done with pastel on 9" x 12" black cardstock.

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5 Minute Pose

Second verse, same as the first: This was done with pastel on 9" x 12" black cardstock.

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5 Minute Pose

Verse the third... something or other... This was also done with pastel on 9" x 12" black cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for April 21, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Hey, it's time for more figure drawings...

I think this picture could have used a bit more contrast, but I ran outta time.  Oh, well.  Better luck next time, I suppose.

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 15"  Hot-Press Arches (#110) watercolor paper.

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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 April 19, 2010

15 Minute Pose

It's a figure drawing!

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

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Figure Drawing for April 16, 2010

40 Minute Pose

Yes, it's yet another figure drawing.  Two of 'em, in fact...

This was done with watercolor on 11" x 15" Hot-Press Arches (#110) watercolor paper.

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20 Minute Pose

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

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Figure Drawing for April 15, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Another figure drawing.

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencils, and white chalk on 7" x 12" Strathmore 500 charcoal paper.

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Figure Drawing for April 8, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Two figure drawings for the price of one!  Both are from the same drawing session.

This was done with ink-pen and watercolor on 11" x 15" on Stonehenge paper, which is equivalent to hot-press, 100% rag, printing paper.

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30 Minute Pose

This was done with ball-point pen with watercolor on 10" x 15" on Rough Montval Aquarelle (#110) watercolor paper.

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Figure Drawing for April 6, 2010

15 Minute Pose

Greetings!  Here are a couple quick, warm-up sketches...

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

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5 Minute Pose

This next one was from a different drawing session, but is sorta visually-related to the previous one, so I posted 'em both together.

This was done with ball-point pen and watercolor on light blue, 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock.

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Figure Drawing for April 1, 2010

40 Minute Pose

Here's something new... April Fools!

It's just yet another figure drawing...

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

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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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Figure Drawing for February 23, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Greetings!  Here's yet another figure drawing...

This was done with ball-point pen, watercolor and white acrylic paint on 12" x 18" brown bogus paper.

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Figure Drawing for February 18, 2010

15 Minute Pose

Here's another new posting...

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

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Figure Drawing for February 12, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Greetings!  Here's yet another figure drawing for the week.

This was done with charcoal, carbon pencil, and white charcoal on 9" x 12" Canson Mi-Teintes.

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Figure Drawing for February 8, 2010

20 Minute Pose

Hey, I'm back!  Which is mildly amusing because today's picture is of a back and, well, you see... OK, I guess it wasn't all THAT mildly amusing.

Looks like my 2-3 weeks off turned into more like 6-8 weeks instead.  Busy, busy, busy.  And, of course, I have nothing much to show for it.  Oh, well, back to the salt mines.  :-)

I'm gonna change things up a little bit at the Arty-Farty Blog, mostly by posting a "mere" 2-3 times a week for a while.  I have lots of other things I'm trying to get done, so we'll see how that goes.

Anyhoo, enough talkin' and more chalkin'... You see, 'cuz it's charcoal and chalk... Oh, nevermind.

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

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