Lately I've been missing life drawing. Particularly drawing the clothed figure in an illustrative setting. In school we did plenty of it but I always felt the costumes were kind of cheesy and second rate. The photo I did this drawing from came from The Drawing Club's blog and their workshops look amazing and inspired. Alas I'm in Chicago and not LA, so no Drawing Club workshop for me. As you can see, drawing from a photo doesn't reward one with the same loose and spontaneous quality you would get from drawing the figure from life. It feels kind of stilted and careful, and that's probably because I had more time to work on it than I would if the person were actually there in front of me. If anything it was a good exercise in getting me familiar with full figure drawing, as well as messing around with mixed media. But if anyone knows of any good clothed figure drawing workshops in Chicago let me know, It's time my rusty skills got a little greased!
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Nice sketch. Reminds me very much of a costume design piece; fun and fresh.
WOW...that's just gorgeous. I especially love the mix of colors you used on her skin. Beautiful!
That's great! Love the stockings. You can do it all: figures, objects, faces, everything. If I could choose one thing in the world to do that I can't do, it would be to draw even a tenth as well. Of course I can't draw at all so don't let that go to your head...
brilliant!!!
Bada~Boom!
I need to get a print of this one
this is a really beautiful piece - very nicely done!
Hi there, I think you might want to get to know the folks behind this website who are very awesome Chicago based artists:
http://www.sketchbookclub.com
you must get this all the time but thought i'd register my appreciation. really enjoyed your blog- especially your take on the batman characters and the small sketch book studies.
inspiring stuff...thanks for sharing..
hi! i came across your blog through google blog search. this is brilliant. I have not seen such jawdropping artwork for god knows how long a time....!!!!
Hey, care to update your blog? Looks pretty cool - but it seems you gave up on it.
Reply to my post if you plan on doing so!
Hello, I stopped updating this blog and am now posting on monstercake.blogspot.com!-I've been late posting over there tho' due to a big project i've been working on recently. Check it out.
i love this blog! keep up good works...its to be nice if we can know each other, do you think so?
Hi I've tagged your blog on my blog.
http://theworksofajumbledmind.blogspot.com/
Nat :)
I love it. I like the green you used for shading and the undefined edges of the socks.
Just happened to be doing some blog surfing - love you artwork.
It's been a while since you've posted?
great sketch!
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Pretty insightful post. Never thought that it was this simple after all. I had spent a good deal of my time looking for someone to explain this subject clearly and you’re the only one that ever did that.
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