It was supposed to snow yesterday here in Portland, Oregon. People tend to panic when that happens and Hipbone had a light crowd for both sessions. I was in a cartoony mood and had a great time drawing Elona in her hat, her boots and on a bicycle, sans the bicycle. Paula was the second model. She brought HER hat, her banjo…
I’m teaching a pastel seminar in March at Hipbone Studio so I’ve dropped the pen and sketchbook for the time being and picked up the pastel. I shot these with my iPhone on location, hence the color and the weird shadows. The model today was Sivonna, a woman my friend James told me about. He sketched her lips…
Here’s a pastel of Ariel at the Hipbone Studio February Long Term Pose. I came into this session on the second sitting so most of the front and three-quarter places were taken. I decided to give Ariel’s profile a go. She has an amazing nose and a forehead that’s covered in bangs most of the time. I’m a big fan of…
As most of you know and if you read this blog enough, I keep a sketchbook with me that I take to drawing sessions 3 – 4 times a week here in Portland. Here are some drawings from the past week or so, done at Hipbone, The Art Institute and at my studio, Fishtank. The modelas are Becky (in the dress),…
In figure drawing as in anything else, there are good days and there are bad. Last Saturday at Hipbone was a bad day for me. I couldn’t make a decent mark or find the headspace to make a good drawing. Nothing worked and I left before the last pose. I’ve drawn the model many times before but could no find a connection.…
Wednesday at Hipbone with Tess and Lauren H. I bumped into my friend Julie whom I have not seen in years and met Brin Levinson and Joff, both friends of Roxanne Patruznick. Some of my favorite artists here in Portland. Lauren sported pink hair and fishnet hose. Hipbone is getting more Portlandia. [fb_like]
Sketches of Scot from last Saturday at Hipbone. He’s wearing an elephant’s nose in one of these. Jeff let me sit in on his Field Guide to the Figure Series. I’m bad and heads so I jumped at the chance. Ariel and Aaron were the models. The last one ids pretty funny, I turned Ariel’s nose upside down. Years ago…
Brit, one of my favorite models, stopped by the studio yesterday. She’s a theater major and takes direction wonderfully. I asked her to mirror her movements so that I could stack her up in these quick line studies. I’m very happy with the loose renderings. I’d like to blow them up onto large pieces of paper in the future.…
I love drawing and I especially love drawing when things click and I get a great day. Ariel and Julie have completely different builds and energies, I made some of my favorite drawings of both models yesterday. I’ve posted most of the drawings here. You can see me struggle to find the form and compare the starts to the…
January 22, 2011. Colleen modeled for a very large group last Staurday morning. I sit in a camp char facing the stage and was surprised to see hopw many people kept trickling in as the session progressed. 38 people attended this session. Jeff’s been asking the models to bring props to add some color to the poses. Colleen chose red…
