Gesture Drawings

First figure drawing session of new year on Monday night at the ARTS Project. Model was great! Young, energetic, tall thin structure, the way she would tilt hips almost to extreme, her graceful curves especially graceful fingers, and her short spiky angular dark hair made her fun to draw. I found her poses to easy to stylize and easy to see the lines of movement. These black ink marker gestures drawings were 1 to 2 minutes.

Figure Drawing

Last monday nights model at the ARTS Project was great! Energetic, creative poses. This is one of the many, many gestures. The gesture drawing is in india ink on matt board, prepainted with acrylic paint, ramdom and abstract, nice warm colours. I like the textured surface of the this matt board. I think the drawing, needs more drawing, just not sure what I will add ... The pink makes me think of the CIBC Run for a Cure, which I will be running in next Sunday.

Simple Lines

Finally, back to some figure drawing sessions. These are just 2 of the loose sketches of my favourite subject, the human form. The busier life gets the more I like simplicity. Here the simplicity of line... uneven line, was created using traditional pen and ink.The flexible drawing nibs create a varity of line widths depending on how you hold the pen. The biggest drawback to pen and ink , is you cant erase any mistakes, but then mistakes can add to the spontaneity of a drawing.