A second attempt

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Guthlac

A second stab at the drawing…getting a bit more of a likeness I think…does this matter ?

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When is a good drawing not a good drawing?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Guthlac

This is one of the silliest questions you can ask yourself as when you try to answer the question context is everything. This drawing is not the best likeness yet it does have a power that far out ways such short comings. In fact very few people will even know whether this is a good likeness or not and so that context doesn’t even apply to whether they think that this is a good drawing or not.

For the record the reason why this drawing isn’t such a good likeness is because of the eyes. They are too alert rather than the more sullen eyes in real life. Actually that sullenness is probably due to the fact that the model was trying to not more whilst she was drawn – also this is made from a photograph I made whist she was sitting. Again this adds further context upon which to judge the drawing.

In the end I like this drawing and as I believe I have said a number of times before that is all that matters.

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40th President

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Guthlac

Just a bit of fun after days of graft on the human body project – it was nice to do something for relaxation rather than to improve my craft.

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Head

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Guthlac

Having got over the frustration I felt at my last life drawing class I started to review the way for for my life drawing and have identified a problem I have with heads – I just don’t draw them big enough. Having identified this I have then set about correct this problem with differing levels of success but I feel I am starting to show some progress. This has raised another interesting question – just how life like do want my drawings to be? By this I don’t mean out of proportion but rather whether I want to record every sinew and tendon or rather take a more relaxed attitude to such details preferring to concentrate on the overall effect. I have no answer to this question but it is an interesting one to ponder.

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Frustration

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Guthlac

This was the third drawing I made at my life drawing class – hence the no. 3 and it was created from a sense of deep frustration. I don’t know why but I started the session with no real energy and this was revealed in the drawings No. 1 & 2. By the time I got to number 3 I was so frustrated that I just had to let it out and this is the result. I actually find the drawing very interesting and have started to think I should let my frustrations out more often…maybe maybe not.

The whole life drawing process has developed my artistic skills greatly, this is in part a reaction to the need to create a better drawing than the last one and also the competitive nature of a class environment. No matter how much you might try not to you always take a peak at the other members work and this makes you want to improve – well it does me but I am not sure if that is the case with other people.

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Nick Nolte

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Guthlac

JJust warming up for the life drawing class this evening with a sketch of Bruce Banner’s father.

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Nicole Kidman

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Guthlac

This represents something of a triumph for me. I have managed to produce something approaching a likeness of Nicole Kidman! I don’t know why but I seem to struggle with beautiful women – I just don’t seem to be able to make the leap from sort of like to passable likeness. Kidman is someone I have been working on, off and on, for months and finally I appear to have started to get the feel for the face. It has been a struggle – who said artists have it easy!

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Tron

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Guthlac

So what exactly is this? Well it is a digital image of a real world drawing manipulated in the virtual world to produce something that could be mistaken as a photograph. This is somewhat apt as it is based on a character from the film Tron Legacy which is, in part, about the capturing real world people in a digital domain.

So does this answer my question as to what this is? Well no but I like the resultant image and I guess that is all that matters.

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Oil Pastel Sketch

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Guthlac

This is the next stage in the oil pastel experiment. I have finished the sketch and now worked on the drawing in Brushes. This has allowed me to see how I might wish to enhance the colours in the real world when I try again. As with all experiments there are good things and things that I would like to change on the whole I think that it is an interesting drawing.

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Life Drawing Class

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Guthlac

Week two of the life drawing class and I must say it is worth every penny. There is no substitute for drawing real people in the flesh for really helping you to develop as an artist.

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