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Tag Archive: Figurative Art
Model Marathon Man
There was another Model Marathon at Hipbone Studio this past Sunday, number 52. I stopped by Muse Art+Design and picked up a new sketchbook, this time with a soft cover. There were 9 models for 9 hours, I drew eight of them. My favorites were the first and last models with the second one running a close second. I wish Olive had gotten…
Retrospective
I’ve had too much coffee today and I’ve been thinking about figure drawing, finding my voice as a painter and what’s lead me to the series I’m doing now. I started working with the figure seriously about a year after I’d moved to Portland, back in 2002. I was teaching Illustration at PNCA and I’d gone out for a walk…
Sunday at PNCA
My friend James King mentioned the Sunday session over at PNCA to me yesterday. He told me Louise was to be the model. I’d drawn her before in a basement session in NE Portland. She had great presence so I thought that I would give it a shot. Nice to see both Jodi But and F.X. Rosica there. It’s…
Three Pastel Study
I’ve refreshed my technique with pastels in preparation for my upcoming workshop. Last night was the last 3 hour session in the long-term series for February at Hipbone Studio. Last week I did a straight portrait of Ariel from the shadow side of the pose. I composed the piece with a raw sienna pastel straight on to the page. I kept the palette simple, 5 – 6…
Sivonna at Hipbone
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…
Ariel at the February Long Term
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…
From my Sketchbook
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),…
Bad Day at Hipbone
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.…
Sketches of Tess and Lauren H.
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]
