More Of That Black And White

by Cooper on 11/19/2009 10:01:40 AMComment on this

Greetings,

Welcome to the Cooper studio in Jefferson, Iowa, where the sky is just a little bit gray, and so, it seems only logical to talk in terms of black and white. Oh, and shades of gray.

Last night was the final night of life drawing class that I took this fall, at the Octagon Center in Ames. (Iowa) We started the class as always, with gesture drawings, ranging from 20 to 30 seconds. Just the essentials, ma'am, just the essentials. We mixed in a few block-ins, looking for solid shape with no detail.

I have three drawings that I photo-d for you. The first:

1 Life Drawing 11 18 09 was supposed to be a foreshortening study, but vantage points for a complete foreshortening were in high demand :) My easel view was more profile, unless you consider arm to arm. Anyway, we did a 1 minute gesture drawing, stopped, looked for adjustments, and then took ten more minutes to finish. Yeah, ten minutes, not too shabby, huh? :)

We also worked on a pose designed to investigate back muscle. Again, a 1 minute gesture, but then we rotated easels, worked for a minute on a class mate's drawing. The theory with that being, a fresh pair of eyes can sometimes find a problem, and correct it. Back to our own easel, and the ten minutes to finish the drawing. Resulting in:

2 Life Drawing 11 18 09.

We finished the session with a long pose---start with a gesture, add some tone, and give it some life, all in about 40 minutes. Whew.

3 Life Drawing 11 18 09 Yeah, I played the rebel and added a little orange streak. Hey, color is a good thing.

Thanks for stopping by.

Later, Cooper

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