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Tag: gesturedrawing

  • Two-pose female, charcoal drawing

    Two-pose female, charcoal drawing

    Pretty sure these are 20-minutre poses, but most likely I got distracted during the first one. Anyway, I like how both of these turned out. I think it’s time to set new goals for the direction of my art, and maybe for a lengthy post in my blog about how I started 😀

  • Short pose two-figure, charcoal drawing

    Short pose two-figure, charcoal drawing

    I enjoy the geometric feel those extended lines add to the overall figure. Sometimes charcoal stick is bent, so it makes two parallel marks at the same time with only one movement of a hand. Quite often it results in a happy accident rather than an unwanted mark.

  • Venus, charcoal sketches

    Venus, charcoal sketches

    Sometimes I forget how short these 3-minute poses are, and concentrate too much on one particular part of the figure. As the result, I usually end up with armless Venuses xD

  • Female gesture poses, charcoal drawing

    Female gesture poses, charcoal drawing

    There used to be a time where I’d be unable to tell which model I drew. It was a generic figure and could have been anyone. So I’ve set my goal to make the figures more recognizable and individual, at least to me. I can tell the person from there drawings, and that makes me…

  • Longer standing pose, charcoal drawing

    Longer standing pose, charcoal drawing

    I think this was a longer 20-minute pose, but I can’t be sure because at that time I didn’t label or date my artworks >.<

  • 15-minute pose, charcoal drawing

    15-minute pose, charcoal drawing

    This is a longer pose, so I had more time for details. However, I didn’t switch paper, and it’s tough to add and subtract on low quality paper ~_~

  • Two-pose male figure, charcoal drawing

    Two-pose male figure, charcoal drawing

    I’m trying out different paper, and this one is super smooth. Unfortunately, I don’t really know what it’s called 🙂 We have it at the studio for free ^^; However, I can’t figure out if I like the smoothness. I feel like it leaves less room for erasing as even willow charcoal just wants to…

  • Short poses, charcoal drawing

    Short poses, charcoal drawing

    More gestures of the same model. I wonder if I should re-draw the ones I like and try to develop them more 🤔

  • Quick gestures, charcoal drawing

    Quick gestures, charcoal drawing

    This is a example of getting distracted mid-pose and not finishing it 😀 The other two gestures are ok ^^ These were done on rough newsprint, I think it’s my favorite paper so far for warm-up drawings.

  • Two similar poses, charcoal drawing

    Two similar poses, charcoal drawing

    Every now and then, it feels like the model does two identical poses in the row until you walk around and check the weight shift.