Here is the last batch of sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 3 May, of the two models together. Both of these took about 15 minutes. As before I used water soluble ink in an old #Rotring pen and added watercolour washes.
Sat-3-May-2025
Here are some more of the sketches I did at the @PensNBrushesArt life drawing session on 3 May. These are the ones of the male model. I found it difficult to draw him because he wasn’t great at staying still and because of the added accessories (hat, fishing net and water gourds), which I find a bit distracting. Even so the last sketch in this batch (done in 20 minutes) was the one I was most satisfied with over the whole session.
Sat-3-May-2025
Here are some of the sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 3 May. As usual we started with quick poses of 2 minutes and then had a few of 5 and 10 minutes each. These are the ones of the female model. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my watercolour pencils to this session, so instead I used my ancient #Rotring ArtPen with water soluble ink, then added some watercolour washes. As is often the case I was most satisfied with the sketches that I took the least time on!
Sat-3-May-2025
Here are the last two sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 15 March. I think we had about 15-20 minutes for each of these poses and as before I started with #Derwent #WatercolourPencils, then added some watercolour washes and a bit of ink.
Sat-15-Mar-2025
This is the second batch of sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session on 15 March. I was more satisfied with these and I thought the model held the poses better, compared to the male model. I used #Derwent #WatercolourPencils and some ink. As before we started with 2 minute poses and worked our way up to 20 minutes for the last one. I have struggled with the #Strathmore (ready cut 500 series hot press) paper I am using – getting some unwanted ‘blooms’ which I don’t expect from such expensive paper.
Sat-15-Mar-2025
After what feels like a long gap, I joined #PensNBrushes for a life drawing class on 15 March (the last session I joined was in June 2024 (see post No.89-2742-43). Here are the sketches I did of the first (male) model – I can’t say I was really satisfied with any of these. I started with a #Derwent water soluble graphite pencil (which promptly broke when I was doing my first sketch), then switched to using #WatercolourPencils and some ink. I’ve noted on each drawing how much time we had – but we started with 2 minute poses and worked our way up to 20 minutes for the last one.
Sat-15-Mar-2025
Here are the last of my sketches from the #PensNBrushes life drawing session a few weekends ago. As I often find to be the case, after several hours of intense drawing and painting (including all the sketches of 2, 5 and 10 minute poses, that I posted earlier), I was only really satisfied with the last one I did!
Sat-15-Jun-2024
Here are more of my sketches from the #PensNBrushes life drawing session a few weekends ago. After the initial intense sessions we had poses of 20 minutes – so I had time to use watercolour as well as watercolour pencils and ink. I can’t say I was very satisfied with the results though…maybe having more time is not such a good thing!
Sat-15-Jun-2024
Here is the next batch of sketches I did at the #PensNBrushes life drawing session last weekend. As with the male model the first poses were for 2 minutes, then we moved on to 5 and then 10 minutes. I used a mixture of water-soluble graphite, water-soluble ink, watercolour and watercolour pencils. The model was wearing a frilly colour and cuffs…which I thought got in the way a bit. Even when the poses are very short, I find painting with watercolour most satisfying.
Sat-15-Jun-2024