Seated Woman in Red and Blue

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Pastel and charcoal over Tombow marker, on paper, about 13" x 15".

Summer Light

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Pastel and charcoal over Tombow marker, on watercolor paper, about 5" x 10".

Seated Woman

Drawn this morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on sanded card, approximately 12"x14".

Floating Woman

Drawn two weeks ago, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on 12"x16" pastel paper.

Godiva Reclining

Drawn this morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on 12"x16" black pastel paper.

The model for this drawing has extremely long hair, which she has never cut.

Reclining Woman

Drawn Wednesday morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on 12"x16" black pastel paper.

This is the second pose from Wednesday morning.  I like the attitude of thought in this pose.

Seated Figure In Violet

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on approximately 9"x12" pastel card.

Woman In Blue; Woman In Stripes; Reclining Woman

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Woman In Blue is Tombow maker, ink and pastel on approximately 18" square Rives paper.

Woman In Stripes and Reclining Woman are pastel and charcoal on 12"x16" pastel paper.

Sad Woman With Red Hair; Woman With Red Hair, Reading

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on 12"x16" pastel paper.

It's very cold today; in the 20s (F).  So cold that the model wore clothes and a coat to pose (normally, she'd be naked)--and the few artists who showed up wore coats to draw.

Man In Pink And Green

Drawn Thursday morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on approximately 10"x16" pastel paper.

Another drawing with my non-dominant hand.  This time, I remembered to angle the easel appropriately. 



After this drawing, another artist and I played a game.  We each started drawing, switched drawings and easels after 10 minutes, and continued switching until one of us declared a drawing done.  Interesting exercise in working with another person's starting vision and materials   The final drawings, which I will not post, are amalgams of style and vision.

To clarify, this posted drawing is not one of the two-artist drawings.  Those ended up looking like a tug of war was fought over them, with line over line, concept over concept, color over color.  Kind of a mess.

This drawing had one artist, me.  

Reclining Woman Holding Leg; Seated Woman Holding Leg; Woman Turning Away

 Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

These are pastel and charcoal on 9"x12" sanded paper

My left leg has been hurting, and yesterday, it was hurting a lot.  Today, it feels like it's healing.  The top drawing encapsulates how I felt yesterday morning.

Also,  I was heavily influenced by the art nouveau posters I've been looking at lately in connection with Loie Fuller.

Seated Woman In Green; Green Head; Seated Woman (Ink); Head (Ink)

 Drawn this morning, from life.

The first two are pastel and charcoal on approximately 9"x12" pastel card.

The last two are ink on about 9"x1O" Bristol and 9"x12" Bristol, respectively..

Reclining Woman In Grey; Head of Reclining Woman; Woman In Leaf; Seated Figure

 Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Reclining Woman In Grey and Woman In Leaf are pastel and charcoal on pastel card, approximately 9"x12".

Head of Reclining Woman is ink on 9"x12" Bristol.

Seated Figure is Tombow marker and ink, with water and brush, on approximately 9" square Bristol.

Yesterday was grey and drizzly all day, and these drawings show that influence.

Ballerina; Reclining Woman In Orange; Ballerina Figure; Ballerina Hand; Ballerina Head; Ballerina Head In Purple

 Drawn from life, yesterday afternoon.

The first two are pastel and charcoal on sanded card.

The rest are Tombow marker and ink, with water and brush, on Bristol.

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.

Woman Among Leaves; Woman Among Calla Lilies; Standing Woman

 Drawn from life, this morning.

These are pastel and charcoal on 12"x16" black pastel paper.

The seated figures are 30-minute poses; the standing figure is a 15-minute pose.

Reclining In Lavender; Reclining In Blue; Artist And Model In December

The top two drawings were drawn this morning, from life.

They are pastels, on approximately 9"x12" card.

The model was in a single pose.  The figure in blue is a mirror image, from a different place, of the figure in lavender.

Do I even need to say I was late--almost an hour late?  In this case, it's because I forgot the time while painting earlier this morning on the canvas below.

Artist And Model In December is oil on 20"x24" canvas.  It was painted from life Monday morning.

Yes, I was late.  And all that was left was a "less desirable" profile view of the model, plus the mirrored image of another painter.  We were painting indoors because the weather was cold that morning.

I've been working on it intermittently at home since.

It's probably not complete, but it's far enough along that I'm willing to share.

Two Figures; Seated Woman

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

These are pastel on pastel card, about 9"x12" each.

About these:

There was only one model yesterday.

Two Figures is yesterday's model, drawn on top of an earlier life drawing of a male model.

In the comments, we've been talking about influences, conscious and otherwise, in this drawing.

Check out the relevant bit of Botticelli's Venus here.

And the flattened and distorted face Picasso painted  here  (part of a discussion at Banjo's blog on December 8, 2010.)

And the stark palette of the German Expressionists, in a poster  here.

Seated Woman is actually my first drawing of the morning.  Very colorful, very classical in shape and pose.  Two Figures is, in part, my own reaction to this classicism and high color.

Seated Woman is also my first drawing after getting the thumb on my left hand splinted on Tuesday morning (thumb is sprained, we hope). It is awkward working with a splinted thumb, but much nicer than trying to work without the splint.

Seated Woman In Blue And Red; Reclining Woman In Orange And Gray

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on card, about 14"x19" each.

About these:

It was a beautiful, crisp, cold, clear morning.

The model, also an artist who draws, posed in two very relaxed and natural ways. A pleasure to draw.

Tree Nymph; Smiling Face In Red; Women In Blue

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Tree Nymph is pastel and charcoal on 9"x12" card.

Smiling Face In Red is oil pastel on oil painting on 11"x14" canvas.

Women In Blue is oil pastel on 12"x16" pastel paper.

About these:

It is such a beautiful day today and the trees outside the studio are so lovely, that the colors of the day and the shapes of the trees made their way into the first drawing.  And the sun and blue sky made their way into the third drawing.

This terrific model also seemed to be enjoying the day.  She kept a relaxed and happy expression for the entire time she was posing.  (Not an easy thing to do.)