20 Sunday Aug 2017
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Today, we had one of our better models. There were less people than normal but it was a great day for drawing.
Below is a 20-minute charcoal drawing on tone paper.
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06 Sunday Aug 2017
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Had a lousy day at the archery range yesterday so I was hoping I’d at least have a better day at today’s life drawing workshop. It turned out to be ok and got some nice drawings out of it.
Below is a 20 minute drawing with charcoal on toned paper.
23 Sunday Jul 2017
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drawing, drawing nude live models, drawing people, Drawings and paintings, figure drawing workshop, life drawing workshop
I missed the last two life drawing workshops but I tried to make up for it by going to Croquis Cafe on YouTube to draw from their models. The poses are actually timed. There are 1 minute poses, 2 minute poses, and then a final 5 minute pose. It’s pretty close to actually being there.
However, I was able to go today and draw live at the Sunday workshop at our local university. It beats drawing from a computer monitor.
Below are a couple of 2 minute warm up poses drawn with sumi ink, brush, and wooden chopstick.
This is a 20 minute pose drawn with the aux deux crayon style.
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02 Sunday Jul 2017
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Good day at the life drawing workshop. We had, probably our best model, posing for us. Below are two of my 2-minute warm up sketches done in ink.
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25 Sunday Jun 2017
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I had an old painting of Atlas Holding Up The Heavens sitting around in my garage. I had reworked it in my sketchbook and planned to make the changes in my painting. It took awhile but I eventually did it and I’m glad I did.
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11 Sunday Jun 2017
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Today we had the tattooed model. It seemed like she had new tattoos added since the last time I saw her.
Although I got got a couple of poses with her back to me there were a couple of poses where I was able to draw her face. It was hard to capture the general look and feel of her but I think that’s how it is with certain models.
Below are two 20-minute charcoal drawing in black and white on toned paper.
More charcoal drawings at www.cletocriste.com/life-drawings/
11 Sunday Jun 2017
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Was looking at some sumi ink sketches from three life drawing workshops and decided to post some of them. These are two-minute warm up poses that we draw at the start of the workshop.
28 Sunday May 2017
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I like drawing this particular model. I think someone said he studies classical poses and uses them when he models for a life drawing class. For some reason his looks reminds me of Van Gogh. A woman next to me said he reminds her of paintings of satyrs. But we both agree that his mustache is very interesting.
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07 Sunday May 2017
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aux deux crayons, charcoal drawings, charcoal figure drawing, life drawing workshop, life drawings, portrait drawing
Today’s model is one of my favorites to draw. He’s not muscular but he’s large boned with angular, well defined surface areas. You don’t have that smooth roundness that you see in a lot of female models so he has more interesting surface areas to work with.
Below are two, twenty minute drawings in the aux deux crayons (two chalks) style.
To see more of my artwork, go to www.cletocriste.com.
23 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in Art, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Life Drawing Workshop, Sketching
I haven’t posted my ink sketches for awhile. These are some sketches from the last two months.
