Life Drawing- Breaking New Ground
I love life drawing even though it’s a rather masochistic thing to do to oneself. I mean, a vast majority of the time I can’t eeek out a single sketch I like and then when I do, good luck doing it again. Right? And that’s why a very wise professor of mine says “failure is like a warm blanket, embrace it while it’s warm” and “fail often and early”. That’s why we go to life drawing, to work out the bad stuff when no one is watching. Once in a while though, something pretty exciting happens and you have no idea how!
So here are a few of my most recent, exciting failures. It appears I’ve gotten a bit more lucid with my pencil, either out of pure laziness and disregard for reality or, as I like to think, SKILL! enjoy.
Chanelling my inner Egon Schiele
Perhaps it was the wine but damn if Egon Schiele didn’t show up and… whoa what is that? a tiny hint of foreshortening?! damn I don’t think I had anything to do with this at all.
Chanelling my inner Mucha
Yep, I love curvy lines and a super hero-esque physique. I can’t help it, why not thicken a few lines and really pop that silhouette.
Getting squirrely with the pencil
I think I am caring less about reality, these days I just dig into the things that make me go crazy. Like chiseled facial features and blocks of shadow.
Watercolor Pencils are fun too.
