Last night me and a friend went to another life drawing session near where I live. The lighting in this place is a bit funny, there´s virtually no shadows on the models, so I usually just concentrate on line drawing here.
I really liked the model this time. I usually find slim models really difficult to draw, but this woman had a lot of curves in spite of her slender figure, and she was really good at making poses that were both beautiful and challenging. My first thought when I saw her was that she looked EXACTLY as I imagined Modesty Blaise in reality when I was a kid. (I read a lot of MB back then.)
The original drawings are about A4 size, or slightly bigger. Here, they are scanned, resized and put together in Photoshop. (I did a bit of a sloppy work with scanning them, I know, but I blame it on a double attack of migraine earlier today. On me, not the scanner.)
11 comments:
LOVELY, Nina...I love your figure drawings, they're so clean and fresh...
They look so sure...
Beautiful, Nina. Your wonderful ease of accuracy and the maturity of your line--inspirational. You're going to make me find some life drawing here in my area somehow!
Nina -- these are really wonderful drawings. Your lines are so confident! Beautiful work!
Isn't it just divine when you luck out and end up with a great model? Your figure studies are really well observed, and the line quality is beautiful. I like how you group your sketches together into a montage. Very elegant.
Your life drawings are wonderful, as usual. I especially find the one sitting with her back towards you, very nice...you've captured a lot of feeling there..
Ronell
These are great, Nina - I especially like the one with the model lying down, propped up on her elbow. They are so relaxed - you can just hear the jazz playing in the background. As Kate says, they look like you never have to hesitate about where to put a line!
Beautiful, beautiful drawings and model. The line is so clean that I think shadows would have changed the feeling you captured in these.
Lovely, lovely lines! sounds like it was a very relaxed session.
These are such confident drawings. Really nice poses too (although I realise you have your model to thank for that!) Anyway, you've done them justice.
Beautiful life drawings, Nina! Your work is quite impressive.
Thank you for such a lovely post, by the way.
I will keep you bookmarked and check back in...
Cheers from California,
Ana
I love how you've varied the line weight. Beautiful.
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