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 two sketches done when I joined the last #LifeDrawing session of 2024 with Eric David and the #SilawArtistCollective. In these both sisters Chryzzel (@chryzzelle) and Haia posed again. The two sketches are done with ink and watercolour, plus a few highlights and emphasis done with a white posca and a UniBall pen. The first of these is the one I was most satisfied with… I think I got their faces right, even if they look a bit too dark.
Thu-19-Dec-2024
Here is my second sketch from when I joined the last #LifeDrawing session of 2024 with Eric David and the #SilawArtistCollective. For this one the model, Chryzzel (@chryzzelle) posed with her sister Haia.
Thu-19-Dec-2024
Here is my first sketch from when I joined the last #LifeDrawing session of 2024 with Eric David and the #SilawArtistCollective. As before each pose was 15-20 minutes…usually with some time added. For this first one I stuck with ink and watercolour. The models name is Chryzzel (@chryzzelle)…unfortunately my sketch gave her panda eyes, which was not the case at all in real life.
Thu-19-Dec-2024