This is a collection of Oksana’s charcoal drawings and sketches. It exists to document progress in her studies of figure drawing. She started studying figure drawing at the end of 2017.
Figure Gesture Drawings
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Two Female Figures Charcoal Drawing
Two female figures are depicted in this charcoal drawing. One from the back, and another one from a side. Second figure seems more finished, I probably got more time on it. I’d say it took around 15 minutes for the side figure, and somewhere around 5 on the back view figure. I like the shadow
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Front and Back Gesture Drawing
In this gesture drawing, I pictured two figures from front and back. Most times, the model changes poses by turning and I arrange the figures in an interesting composition. In this one, it seems like the figures were walking in an opposite direction and stopped to look at each other. I enjoy these accidental social
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Three Standing Figures Drawing
In this gesture drawing, I depicted three standing figures. Together they form a circle of time, because in reality there was only one model. But she posed several times and I came up with this arrangement of three figures. I enjoy gestures because sometimes good ideas hide behind quick drawings. 2021
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Interpretive Dance Figure Drawing
This set is kind of interesting, because it looks like and interpretive dance figure drawing. The female figure on the left is captures in a curious pose. It looks as if she’s jumping or waving at the figure next to her. I have a feeling, the model had the leg positioned at an unfavorable angle,
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Side and Back View Figure Drawing
Here’s a charcoal drawing of two female figures – the side and back view. These two figures probably took 5-7 minutes each. I used willow charcoal on rough newsprint paper. The figure from back view has an interesting arm position, which I did not get the chance to fully capture. The figure from a side
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Three Female Figures Sanguine Drawing
Life drawing sessions are great to experiment with different media. In the following set of gesture drawings, I used sanguine called Pipo’s Chalk. I think it is my favorite sanguine of all currently available. The paper I used here has a cream tone to it and a fairly strong texture. Unfortunately, I don’t know the
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Leaning Female Figure Drawing
Here’s another leaning female figure drawing. This gesture probably took around 20 minutes, and it’s one of very few drawings I have done during the pandemic of 2020. I like the light and shadow block-ins, but torso anatomy needs work. The arm also looks strained, I’d rework it into a more graceful position. I think
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Sitting Female Figure Gesture
Here’s another charcoal gesture drawing of sitting female figure. This gesture probably took 20 minutes. I like the pose, but would change several extremities and define the light better if I was to rework this drawing. Overall, it’s a good practice drawing. I drew this gesture on Canson Mi-Teintes gray paper with willow charcoal and
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Waving Figure Charcoal Drawing
This charcoal drawing of a waving female figure is done on Canson toned paper. I captured the basics of the pose and some details like feet pretty well. If I were to take this drawing further, I’d work on values next. Overall, I like this drawing, especially the position of model’s feet. 2019