I think I finally got into the habit of dating my drawings 😀 It might seem silly, but after a while I can't tell when I drew each artwork. As the result, it's tough to understand whether I'm making any progress.
Category: Drawings
Here’s a collection of drawings by Oksana Ossipov. These artworks are created using dry and wet media such as charcoal, pencils, pastels, and Copic markers. Some of these drawings are available for sale in her gallery.
Back to the gesture drawings, I really like when drawing sessions start with a series of quick 1-minute standing poses. It' a great warm-up exercise, helps one get into the drawing mood for the rest of the session.
Spent about 20 minutes on this drawing. I think if I added a few highlights, this figure would really pop. Seeing and analyzing my work like this is actually really helpful. When I'm drawing, I'm not noticing the mistakes because I stare at the drawing for so long and just get used to it. However, … Continue reading Sitting figure, charcoal drawing
Here, I concentrated way too much on the things surrounding the model, and had not enough time to work on the actual figure. However, I do like those pillows xD
Come on, get up so that you can get drawn better! xD Seated poses are still much harder to do ^^; I think these are 20-minute poses. Charcoal on construction paper. Model: @taylour_bogdan
I think I did better here with highlights, but maybe it's best to stay in two-toned palette right now. I think highlights are a good tool to distract the viewer from negative parts of the drawing 🤨
Using here willow charcoal, conte crayons, and white Rembrandt pastels on construction paper. I wanted to keep white only for highlights, but kind of went overboard. Need to practice my values 🙂
I'm trying out all kind of materials as I learn to draw. This is a rough construction paper, and it has a charming feel to it. It certainly isn't the best paper for serious work since it doesn't even photograph that well. For example, those wavy wrinkles are almost invisible in real life. However, it's … Continue reading Female figure, charcoal drawing
These are 10-minute charcoal sketches. I think if I had more time, I'd soften those outlines a bit.
Okay, now you know what half-n-half looks like 😂 I think these are 7-minute sketches 🙂