Studio Stuff- Pastels 2

These are some of my in-class studio works.
I took a class with the great Bill Maughan and the class changed the way I draw and paint.

Five-eight hours, soft pastels on coloured paper.
These were done using a photo-reference.

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 6

Some classes are good, some classes are great. This was one of them, I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. I got comfortable enough to let go and stopped using an eraser for the entire duration of the semester. I wish I could draw/teach figure drawing for a living.

Studio Stuff- Pastels ( drawings and sketches)

These are some of my in-class studio works.
I took a class with the great Bill Maughan and started to think in terms of colour and form instead of line...and it made my head hurt. This class changed the way I started to draw and paint.

Three-five hours, soft pastels on coloured paper.

This was an ok drawing, but the model absolutely loved it, so much so, she took several pictures of it. Kinda got a kick out of it.

Studio stuff- Head drawing 2

These are one of my better works that I did in the class, total my take on traditional methods taught in class. It was less drawing and more fencing with the paper and pencil. 

Three-five hours, Charcoal and charcoal pencil on paper.
Done on the last day, it has my comic-style-ten-million-lines take on it.

The left is how I draw, the one on the right is more of in the style taught in school and similar to my teacher's, the drawing is similar to his style, but he was in a league of his own.

Lovely Model, I have drawn her several times and all the drawings have come out great.

Studio Stuff- Head drawing 1

These are some of my in-class studio works.

Three-five hours, Charcoal and charcoal pencil on paper.

It was for my head-drawing class, my teacher the fantastic Mark Tennant improved my skills a hundred fold. The drawing is similar to his style, but it has my comic-style-ten-million-lines take on it. 

 It was done for my clothed-figure class, I got bored and did a quick-sketch of the model's head. Less than 5 mins, I think. He had these dreadlocks tied into a ponytail-sorta thingee (looks like some Starwars extra).

One of the better stetches I did.

Studio Stuff- nudes, sketches

These are some of my in-class studio works.
I took a class with the great Bill Maughan and started to think in terms of colour and form instead of line...and it made my head hurt. This class changed the way I started to draw and paint.

Three-five hours, Conte-crayon pencil on paper.
It was for the first day of my 'pastel-painting' class, I did not bring any, so I used what I had and I loved it.

This was my first attempt at pastels.
Three-five hours, soft pastels on coloured paper.

One is supposed to use pastels almost like painting with oils, no hard lines and you develop forms with colours...silly me, I started putting lines like I was drawing a comic page, end results for all to see.
I have improved a bit....but these are my earlier attempts.

 This was the same fantastic model I had for clothed figure, again drawing her was like drawing a cat trying to stretch, beautiful and very fluid poses.

In these drawings, we had to change the lower portion of the model into that of a fish-mermaid-thingee. I loved this funky way of working.

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 5

Some classes are good, some classes are great. This was one of them, I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. I got comfortable enough to let go and stopped using an eraser for the entire duration of the semester. I wish I could draw/teach figure drawing for a living.

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 4

Some classes are good, some classes are great. This was one of them, I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. I got rid of the stiffness that usually accompanied my work. Thanks Diana !

Oh, the first figure in this drawing is the finest that I feel I have ever done, it took me a mere 2 mins to get it done. Despite its simplicity it is the best that I have done to date.

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 3

 I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. Plus this model was fantastic, a very beautiful lady who was a pleasure to draw, it was like drawing a cat trying to stretch....

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 2

Some classes are good, some classes are great. This was one of them, I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. I got rid of the stiffness that usually accompanied my work. Thanks Diana !

The last one got me into the college show. 

Studio Stuff- clothed figure 1

Some classes are good, some classes are great. This was one of them, I loved the class and did some of my best studio work I have ever done. Plus this model was fantastic, a very beautiful lady who was a pleasure to draw, it was like drawing a cat trying to stretch....