Female life model standing, 15-minute pose © Janet E Davis 2011
Week 15 was the third in the third block of once-a-week sessions. This one was quite crowded again. I did begin to concentrate better this week.
The model gave us some interesting and quite challenging poses. I like the fact that she thinks about what poses will make interesting shapes.
Yet again, I thought that I had produced bad drawings. I was concentrating so much on getting the curves of her legs right, they look a bit too big but this was partly perspective because she was quite close, and the upper half of her body is twisted away so is more of a side view. I do quite like the drawing. Even I think it does not look too bad for just 15 minutes of looking and drawing.
Another 15 minutes would have been great for the last pose of the session, the seated one where the model has her arms wrapped round one leg. I wanted to get more of the feel of the three tightly entwined limbs. There is something a little defensive and vulnerable about the position. It was an interesting one to draw, and really challenging.
I do think that there is a tightness about these drawings although I did try to keep the lines loose. I do still worry in the back of my mind as I draw about distorting the way this model looks. In part of my mind, I still want to avoid offending or upsetting the models.
Female life model seated, arms wrapped round one leg 25-minute pose © Janet E Davis 2011
Although the models are individual people to me, people I like and chat to during the break and after the session, when I am drawing them, I am trying to capture something more universal about human beings through observing, analysing and drawing them. I am also trying to work out who and what I am, how I think and relate to other people.
Please do have a look at the full set of week 15 drawings. Feedback is welcome, including thoughts on what I should try next.
I think that I ought to draw things as well as people, but the challenge of drawing human beings is the ultimate challenge for me.
Further reading and more images
Links to pages of life drawings
More of my posts about life drawing
Life drawings 2011 [week 1] post
Life drawings 2011 week 4 post
Life drawings 2011 week 5 post
Life drawing weeks 11 and 12 post
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