Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Reclining Man With Headache; Head of Reclining Man; Hand; Head In Profile; Head In Three-Quarters

 Drawn this morning, from life.

The first two are pastel and charcoal on pastel card.

The last three are Tombow marker and water on Bristol.

In reality, it was not the model with the headache, but me.



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18 comments:

  1. Anthony DuceDecember 29, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    These are great. Must be nice to be able to draw from life so late in the year. I’m waiting for the new year for life drawing sessions to begin again.

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  2. Cafe ObserverDecember 29, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    Those are awfully good, JS. That caption is something else too!

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  3. ShannaDecember 30, 2010 at 2:00 AM

    I like the use of warm and cool in the first one and I do especially like the study of the hand...the pull against the staff.

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  4. Jean SpitzerDecember 30, 2010 at 6:35 AM

    Thanks, Anthony.

    I'm lucky to have people like Laura, who runs the Wednesday lifedrawing meetups I regularly attend--and has kept them going this holiday season.

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  5. Jean SpitzerDecember 30, 2010 at 6:41 AM

    Thanks, Cafe and Shanna.

    Cafe, is it the sheer length of the caption, or the use of "orchid", my attempt to use a fancy crayola name for the purple pastel color?

    Shanna, this was a pure case of showing up despite how I was feeling, which was like I needed to be lying down with a cool compress over my eyes.

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  6. AnonymousDecember 30, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    Oh good, it is purple. I think my monitor is just about in sync now.

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  7. Jean SpitzerDecember 30, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    Okay, I give up. It's a tint of purple (meaning white added), I guess. Since it's a pastel stick and I didn't mix the color myself, I'm not actually sure what went into it.

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  8. Katherine KeanDecember 30, 2010 at 2:38 PM

    So sorry about the headache - I hate them. I'm liking the hand, and again the composition with the space on the left.

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  9. Jean SpitzerDecember 30, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    Thanks, Katherine.

    Luckily, it was yesterday's headache, not today's.

    Today, I successfully took myself for a swim. Indoor pool, tons of chlorine . . . still fun.

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  10. Pasadena AdjacentDecember 31, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    Rare to have a man as a subject.

    Happy New Year Jean

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  11. PierreDecember 31, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    I'm learning much about color here. I need to experiment and get out of my box. Lots of tension with the hand. Love it. The last pic has so much expression.

    Happy New Year.

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  12. Jean SpitzerDecember 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM

    Happy new year, Liz and Pierre.

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  13. MargaretDecember 31, 2010 at 5:20 PM

    Ah! A gentleman. That spices things out.

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  14. Jean SpitzerDecember 31, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    Margaret, I wish I'd been in more of a mood to appreciate.

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  15. Banjo52January 2, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    For me, the hand on the pole is most . . . gripping.

    I do apologize. I was going to say that with a straight face, then heard what I was saying, thought one of the S words, then could not resist saying it anyhow.

    Also, it really is my favorite of the day.

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  16. PJJanuary 2, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    My son had a headache on New Year's Eve and I think this must have been how he felt. Transcendent, Jean.

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  17. Jean SpitzerJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Banjo, no apology required. Glad you enjoy it.

    I sketched another hand yesterday, that I'll photo and post later, when there's more daylight.

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  18. Jean SpitzerJanuary 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Paula, glad the headache was transitory. Mine was too.

    And thanks.

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