It was such a beautiful day that I decided to take my sweet little Etsy-purchased Strikebook made with watercolor paper outside and start a couple of paintings. One is finished and one is in-progress. The book pages are 3 inches x 4 inches. It is such a cute little book!
A pot of aloe vera with two tin-punch luminaria
Bright Lights Chard
(unfinished)
My daughter and I went back to the Coppini Academy Thursday evening to do another life-drawing session.
This was another round of short poses: 15 1-minute, 10 3-minute, 5 5-minute, one 10-minute, and one 15-minute. The model was really good because he presented some very challenging poses. I stuck with charcoal on all but one pose. I'm still trying to decide which tool I prefer for the quick poses.
Here are a few examples of my work from this session:
1-minute pose
3-minute pose
3-minute
10-minute
(drawn over clear gessoed paper...don't ask me why cause I couldn't tell you!)
After we left Coppini we went home, changed, and went to the gym and did 45-minutes of cardio.
We felt pretty self-righteous afterward!
Love your watercolors! Are those pattern pieces on your last drawing?
ReplyDeleteYes. I've been doing some mixed-media using an old, unloved pattern.
ReplyDeleteI found it quite difficult to draw over the clear gesso, so I will try again with a top coat of gel medium next time.
Remember that one of Judy's EC blocks has a piece of pattern paper on it? It is a nice, thin layer that fuses well, too! The possibilities are endless.
Thanks for your kind words about the little watercolors. I had fun!
Oh Leslie, your watercolors are wonderful, and I'm so envious of your life-drawing classes! Thanks for posting for us.
ReplyDeleteYou know....you can avail yourself of these classes: no pre-enrollment is required. The coppini academy offers them 2xweekly in the evening. You simply pay a $7 per class fee.
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