In short poses – twenty minutes or less, you will have to use judgement on what details you want to draw. Getting the gesture is of utmost importance. For poses ten minutes and longer, it’s unrealistic to expect dramatic ‘movement’ in gesture of the model. I chose lighting on the model’s back in this particular ten minute pose. […]
This was a quick gesture drawing. I enjoy drawing really dark from the get go – which isn’t a great way to start a ‘successful’ drawing. One can’t really undo the mistakes done with dark charcoal. Usually, if the light charcoal line isn’t in the right place, one can go back and draw a darker line […]
Head drawing takes time. The model’s name is Karina. She was great. This life drawing was done at a crowded Tuesday Night Sketch Event at Society of Illustrators. I sat in the second row, where I could balance my 18×24 inch drawing pad. If the pose is a standing pose, most often, I wouldn’t […]
Ink life drawing, no under-drawing with pencil etc., I destroy many a good start with my drawings in ink. I hope to get certain spontaneity and freshness with ink lines. Sometimes I get lucky. This one was a two minute drawing. I thought it has the right amount of details with right amount of caricature.
Another two minute quick ink life drawing. This drawing was done in a small 8 x 5.5 inch sketch book using felt tip pen. I can draw nude drawing a lot faster than clothed drawing. I have had more practice drawing nude. It helped that the model wasn’t wearing too many clothes – it would […]
I should have done a better job with this drawing. Twenty minutes is a long time. I should have fit the full figure in this drawing – which would have reduced the head size which, in turn, would have made drawing the model’s hair a bit simpler. I spent most of the twenty minutes drawing her hair – […]
A quick sketch on a newsprint paper done with charcoal. I was trying to get the model’s gesture and facial expression. I don’t remember exactly the duration of the pose but my best guess is that it was a four minutes pose. Fashion Night Events sometimes have seven minute long poses for simple costumes and […]
This drawing was done at Art Student League. The poses were dynamic and fun. The muscles and bones on the model’s body were very clearly delineated in the studio lighting. The room was, as usual, crowded but they were very appreciative of the model’s poses. When drawing complicated poses, one has to account for slight […]
Most of my gesture drawings usually start with the head tilt – unless the head is completely behind the body. If I were drawing small, I could have drawn more gestural details in one minute. Drawing big forces me to draw head details which usually takes up most of that one minute leaving very little for body […]
Drawings for a children’s story written by my friend Yuriko Senoo. I was trying to get a feel for the main character – a seven year old Japanese girl who doesn’t want to wear traditional Japanese geta shoes for school.