Standing figure, charcoal drawing

I'm back to newsprint! So far it's my favorite practice paper. This drawing took me about 20 minutes. I think the shading and hatching shows that it's a longer pose. However, whenever I'm drawing, I always think that I'll finish it later.. and usually never do ^^;

Sitting figure, charcoal drawing

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

20-minute poses, charcoal drawing

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

Single figure, charcoal and pastel drawing

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 🤨

Two full figures, charcoal and pastel 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 🙂