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jr · Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 7:16 pm

hi guys, i'll start it off.

shahar2k · Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 2:05 am

most are 40 minute poses in class, the blue one is from a photo,

I have many more at my site, though I've yet to photograph everything I want.
http://home.earthlink.net/~shahar/Gallery/fine-art/

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bakana · Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 9:30 am

Some powdered graphite life drawings fromt last semester. I've got more (and bigger and better) stuff, but this is all I've digitized at the moment.

mza · Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 11:16 pm

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spooge demon · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 4:30 am

nice work! I am intimidated. Babies are a real challenge to draw, they move constantly. You have to think, and not just copy shapes. I think I get more out of life drawing that way.

The head is tiny, about 1.5 inches high.

I do see some improvement for me over the past year, but it's slow. But making nice life drawing is a trap I don't want to fall into. Telling stories with what you have learned is more interesting to me. I am a pond scum illustrator, not an artist, I guess.

jr · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 7:13 am

here's something i did on the subway.

i know what you mean craig, drawing should be more than just copying stuff. i find it really difficult to break away from that with my "classical academic" training. just coming up with stuff out of my head i mean.

mim · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 8:37 am

eyewoo · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 8:44 am

Craig... wonderful drawings. The mother and child is quite beautiful!

mza · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 8:49 am

very nice.
I hear what you guys are saying about being more illustrative than simply copying the figure... I'm one of those torn between "fine artist" and illustrator. Maybe if I could just pick sides I'd be better at one or the other

here's an oil sketch from life, does this count?

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eyewoo · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 8:58 am

Some of my quick drawings back when I was using pencils and charcoal... sometime back...

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Vhy · member Member # Joined: 04 May 2002 Posts: 101

dwarf & paper bags:

shahar2k · Posted: Wed May 29, 2002 1:27 pm

spooge, you're right that life drawing is kind of a fine art thing but at the same time you are using drawing from life to explore techniques and in general enhance your knowlege of anatomy, so it's not really a focus as much as a necesary exercise

landmaster · member Member # Joined: 04 Mar 2002 Posts: 76 Location: ?

mza, those are mighty mighty fine sketches and a helluva good life oil painting!

Craig, damn! I still need to absorb more of your aura!

Jr, Very very good capturing on the pose...
I need to absorb your aura too.

Shahar, I love the blue one. The strokes are really powerful and bold.

I've done something too... I tried to capture her face freely but...uh....need more aura....
15 min sketch

Auctionwatch is dead...T_T

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horstenpeter · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 7:54 am

Life drawing class

Sketches on the train to work

Comments appreciated.

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SuperFish · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 5:40 pm

Just thought I should do the opposite of what I usually do with gestures. Instead of letting the lines flow, a lot of short straight lines were used to interrupt the movements. It's fun to do something unexpected and experiment. Most of them took around 10~15 minutes.

C&C are welcome. Thanks

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Stitch66 · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 7:16 pm

arkoh · Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 5:26 am

Damn... I hadn't checked in here all weekend! And when I returned I saw the first life drawing thread at this forum, since I joined in the fall having disappeared onto page 2!

WHAT??? I mean... the foundation for every artist, traditional as well as digital, must be the interpretation of life around us!!

So to keep this thread going... if only for a short while

... Here's a lunch break worth of interpretation

(Honestly wish I had some more time!)

Ps. ALL: the inspiration you provide here is well appriciated! mza: Awesome drawings, absolutely adore them! Craig: beautiful drawings as allways!!

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zak · Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 10:49 am

im gonna go make some contribution for this. wait for meeeeee

Lunatique · Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 12:43 pm

These are from the weekly life drawing sessions I used to run at Z-Axis(game company). We usually start with 1 minute gesture drawings, then work our way up to 20 minute ones, and end with a portrait:

These are from the weekly life drawing sessions at 3DO(another game company):

This is an old one of one of my ex. She was watching Devil's Advocate at my place, and I decided to draw her. I started when the movie started, and finished when the end credits started to roll. Took waaay too long.

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varnum · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 4:22 pm

I've been very impressed with all the talent posting on this forum. Life drawing is a favorite excercise of mine so I thought this would be a good place to make my first post...

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arkoh · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 1:48 am

welcome to the Forum varnum!

Love the subtle use of watercolors and the way you've used it to simplify a surden shape or depth in piece # 1! Makes me wanna go dig my own set out of the drawer... RIGHT NOW.

The third piece is absolutely beautiful! LOVE IT!

VERY INSPIRERING!

spooge demon · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:33 am

oh baby, nice stuff varnum. Welcome, let's see more!

Cleoric · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:56 am

agreed

Maus · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 10:03 am

Here's one that I did that I don't think is half bad. I've got a few more drawings that I need to get pictures of that I think are better than this- I'll post them once I get that done.

I've got some more life drawing / 3d stuff over at my website if you're interested

kaylon · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 1:26 pm

I've never actually drawn from life (never been to any form of art school etc) so I've found a pic and done somthing from that..C&C always welcome.

Kay.

varnum · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 11:30 pm

a few more...

Waldo · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 12:51 pm

Sorry if anyone was inundated with a yitload of pop-ups when I first posted this. Host problems for the moment...

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xXxPZxXx · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 1:01 pm

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hosting prob

bad one

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shahar2k · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 2:31 am

man I really need to study some more

varnum those watercolors are freaking awesome, here are some of my watercolors

the second one has a black ink outline

these are a bit old (2 semesters ago) because I havnt gotten around to photographing my newest sketchbooks

I was wondering how you mix the colors in the watercolor, do you do that on a pallette or do you mix it on the brush? I work only with black and white up to now because I just cant get the colors I want to show up.... the only way so far was to use water solluable pencils

anyways here are some more
just for fun

-blue prismacolor pencil

-black vine charcoal

-plain old graphite

these were all live poses, unlike my first post on this thread (the blue pastel and the George Dubya bush cartoon are from photos)

varnum · Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:23 pm

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I was wondering how you mix the colors in the watercolor, do you do that on a pallette or do you mix it on the brush? I work only with black and white up to now because I just cant get the colors I want to show up.... the only way so far was to use water solluable pencils

hey shahar2k. thanks, for the kind words. What little I know about watercolors is just from trial and error. I work with a Windsor & Newton cake set of watercolors, I think there are 12 in my set. I've been meaning to start using tube watercolors to see how those compare. I start by mixing colors in the tray, usually dealing with 3 colors or hue variations at a time but I will at times go in and work into areas while it is still wet to get hue and value gradations. I still feel like my work could be more loose. I'm still learning. Nothing beats playing around. Paper makes a huge difference with watercolors. Do yourself a favor and get decent paper. Try hot and cold press, see what feels good to you. The same could be said for brushes and the paints you use. There are many ways watercolor can be dealt with, wet on wet, thin washes in layers, picking color back up in a dry brush.

My advice, for what it's worth... Experiment. Broaden your vocabulary so you are not limited by ways to describe. Be brave. Don't let expectations of a "good" painting or the cost of materials hold you back. A bad start can be liberating and free you up to try something new. Simplify, a good practice in everything from form and color palette to composition. Work fast but not reckless. Commit to decisions as fast as you can without being arbitrary. Learn from the masters: Winslow Homer, Jasper Johns, and Sargent. And get some color!

Kay... your drawing has a really nice quality to it and I really like the photo you chose to draw from. Don't forget the whole. There's a lot more there there to learn from. That image is a wonderful illustration of balance. Look at how her weight is distibuted, how the right side is pulled down by the pitcher and how she supports herself with her arm out to provide the counterbalance. Some beautiful subtlties in the shifts and twists of her body. Pay attention to the waist and shoulders and especially the feet where balance begins. Definitely look into finding a place to draw from the model if you're at all interested. A living model is a great way to learn the human form and how it works and there are things a picture will not show you. Nice job!