Showing posts with label male nude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label male nude. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

On the other hand....

The life room was crowded, so I decided it would be more convenient to draw left handed rather than across my body. I've drawn left-handed for short poses, it's quite a common exercise, but never attempted a long drawing as far as I can remember.
I think one of the difficulties of drawing with the other hand is that all we change is our hands. Otherwise we stay in our habitual stance and shortly afterwards lose our balance. I find it helpful to find where my feet are, and switch the position around.

As I have written elsewhere Jimi Hendrix was an artist who was highly ambidextrous.  


Friday, July 17, 2015

Out of the darkness 2

I covered the paper with charcoal then drew with an eraser and added chalk highlights. The same technique here.
Model Dwayne.
This was done at the life drawing sessions on Monday nights at the Oak And Pastor, on Junction Road, London N19.