St James Church - Photo by Derek Roberts(no relation)
Anyway, they're a really nice bunch of people of all levels and it's a fairly informal excuse to break out my art tools once in a while - there's no using the Cintiq there, *gulps*
I started this week with a few warm-up sketches using tools I'm familiar with, Blue/ Red pencils, Brush pen, WhiteOut pen and some Letraset ProMarkers:
(Above)
Blue pencils to define the overall form, Red Pencils to tighten the anatomy,
Black brush pen to define the shapes and Black KarismaColor pencils and WhiteOut Pens to add shading.
Blue pencils to define the overall form, Red Pencils to tighten the anatomy,
Black brush pen to define the shapes and Black KarismaColor pencils and WhiteOut Pens to add shading.
(Above)Letraset ProMarker pens to block the shapes and shadows, Faber Castell Pitt and Pentel Fountain Pens to add the line details.
Again, WhiteOut pens substitute for the lack of an undo button!
Then I broke out my secret weapon - something I've been threatening myself with all these years... Charcoal!
(Above)Charcoal: For The Win!
Using a totally different medium from my normal set was verrrry exciting, the potential use of 'sfumato', 'chiaruscuro' and 'tenebrism' (artsy- fartsy terms, I know - but they do apply here) to the sheer muckiness of it all - I loved getting my hands dirty! It felt like sculpting the picture as opposed to just delineating it. I know it doesn't look like much now, but hopefully this will inform my work and start pushing my artistic side upwards and onwards.
Anyway, I'm stiill buzzing from the thought of doing more charcoal drawing - I'll go and calm down and get on with some work, maybe a Johnny Alpha or two...?
3 comments:
Did a life drawing session last weekend as well. It is an absolute blast isn't it? At one point is was painting the model in poses that lasted one minute using just ink and having to use my right hand- I'm a leftie. Once I had done a few it really loosened up and I began to actually get the shapes I wanted.
good lad for getting out the traditional media mate! It is a lot of fun doing art without the cintiq every now and again! We really need to sort out meeting up. A few of us are going to do a road trip to cambridge in july: would you be up for it if we sorted it properly? Nick Aidan and I were gutted to not say goodbye when you left shottingham!
Fab work!..and Louth is my home town.
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