LIFE DRAWING : WEEK 1

I have been producing a few life drawings and will continue to do so. I will be keeping this updated weekly, showing progress and different styles. I have a fair bit of experience in life drawing so have techniques and styles to draw upon. I particularly like pencil drawing and have a specific order and technique I use to do so.

Here is some of my previous work :

6 MIN CONTINUOUS LINE DRAWING IN PENCIL.

30 MIN LIFE DRAWING IN PENCIL.

LINE AND SHADED DRAWING OF A COW SKULL.

40 MIN LIFE DRAWING IN PENCIL.

These were some of the results of my life drawing last year. I am very happy with them (though I do have a habit of leaving heads until last and subsequently often leaving them out)

And these are the pieces I have produced in the last week (in different styles) :

THREE 2 MIN DRAWINGS LINE IN CHARCOAL

This is Three Drawings in one just quickly getting use to producing form again and using negative shapes. my third and final drawing is my favourite (far right).

CHARCOAL 'ROULETTE' DRAWING.

I called this a 'Roulette' Drawing because for this piece I produced a 3 - 5 min drawing and then moved along to the next persons drawing and mine was taken over by the person to my left. this shows about 6 stages of this and shows how people concentrate on different areas shading or line and also how different eyes see a subject differently. 

15 MIN LIFE DRAWING IN PENCIL.

15 MIN DRAWING IN PENCIL.

20 MIN LIFE DRAWING IN PENCIL.

These three drawings were produced in my original style and I think show a progression as I get use to life drawing again. I like the third drawing particularly mainly due to the form of the model.

(NOTE : These photos seem to have been taken at a slight angle distorting some parts)

20 MIN LIFE DRAWING IN PENCIL

Finally i produced this. in this piece I used pencil again but combined my original technique with some shading in tight circles and zigzags. this created a very nice effect and I think I will use again.