Pastel and charcoal on 9"x12" card.
About these drawings:
The model is a dancer, just finishing up her MFA. Her body-consciousness and expressiveness contributed significantly to these drawings.
I've arranged these drawings in the order they were drawn. Woman In Orange, Blue And Green was drawn in about 10 minutes. The remainder took about 15-30 minutes, each.
wow these are all so expressive, love really a lot
ReplyDeletegreat color work. It makes for a wonderful abstract feel.
ReplyDeleteYou are prolific! I love the first one. To me, it has a groovy sort of '70s feel. I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteWonderful composition - I love the lyrical feel of the linework and those cool shadows!
ReplyDeleteeach drawing is a spectacle
ReplyDeletein particular! congrats!
Woman Resting and Woman Thinking are mighty intense for those two activities. Again a counterpoint between color and subject? Those two especially engage me.
ReplyDelete1 and 3 just grabbed me. Gorgeous legs in woman resting.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Laura and Gary. I was trying to keep these to essential information, abstracting and playing with the shapes before me.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Margaret. Good description. I would guess it's the colors I used.
Thanks, Katherine,. Even though the model wasn't dancing, I was, as I moved back and forth to the easel.
Thanks, Denise and Banjo. Banjo, me too.
AH, quite right. Also really nice feet for a dancer (she doesn't do toe shoes, which deform one's feet).
Dancers are great to work with. They have the ability to take the wildest poses (and hold them). I had a male dancer at CSLB. Not an exhibitionist. have you ever gotten one of those? ehk
ReplyDeleteI was rather good at life drawing then, and he would give me a lot of his energy..
the last two for me although I agree with Margaret in terms of that 70s palate. I like your heavy line work
PA, yes, dancers are great. This woman has a body-awareness that non-dancers don't have. Male model, female artist: it does turn the artist/model stereotype around. And exhibitionists, sure and ugh. And thank you; I'm liking it too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! Love your use of light and the simplicity of your strokes.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joni.
ReplyDeleteCan I like all of them? Number one says "simplistic, clean" to me. Love that it's not overdone, and the blue/green compliments the smooth black lines. Number three is just plain sexy. Maybe it's the pose, maybe it's the red.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Meg. A lot. I love that you're really looking. And what's wrong with just plain sexy. Sometimes I just have to go with it, though I never start out with that in mind. (There are some drawings that I haven't posted because I think they're too much for this blog.)
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