Life Drawing

Life drawing plays a very important part with in my course, as we spend at least 1-2 hours a week in the life room studying our models. I really enjoy life drawing and the different techniques and mediums we use.
These are just a few:
. Acrylics
. Pencil
. Charcoal
. Inks
. etc...

We also chose artists that we have been researching from each project and create a piece of life drawing in the style of their work...

Aurbrey Beardsley

Created with inks

Drawing People

Where ever I go, a always seek opportunities to be creative. I carry a pen and pencil with me at all times just in case I find something I want to jot down or sketch. People's appearance is a big interest of mine, it fascinates me how each person I see will be unique to the next. I focus mainly on the head to shoulders when I study,draw or paint someone. Along with my pen and pencil, I am never without a camera, I take photographs of EVERYTHING! If I see someone I think has a interesting face, I cant help but want to draw them, so I might ask if I could take a photograph of them. I find that most of the people I draw are middle aged to elderly men as to me, they have the most texture and detail on their faces. The people who stand out most are those with a distinctive feature, for example either:
. Beard
. Moustache
. Long Hair
. Wrinkles
. An enlarged feature:
                    . Nose
                    . Lips
                    . Eyes
                    . Eyebrows
                    . Etc...
The latest one I finished is from my holiday to Italy where I stayed with a family friend, her husband and son. Luca, her husband, has really interesting features: I love his long hair, beard and moustache and his eyebrows. I really enjoyed drawing Luca and am very proud of how it turned out. I gave then the drawing as a present when they came back to England for a visit.

 Luca