sitting
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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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Drawing of Female Model Sitting on Stool
Drawing female form is harder in my opinion, because there are a lot of curves and naturally, one wants to round everything up. In this drawing, I feel like several sharp angles would completely change the perception of form. Overall, it’s a decent life gesture, and a more complete work can be based on it.
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Drawing of Male Figure Sitting in a Chair
In this drawing, I like the sharpness of angles in the figure and the way the chair turned out. Normally, chairs are left to the last and get nearly no consideration. However, this was a longer pose, so I spent some time on both the figure and the chair. At some point, I might even
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Female Figure Sitting and Hugging a Knee
Sitting poses are much harder for me to capture as there are more overlaps. There are parts of this drawing that I like, and parts that I want to correct. But then again, that’s how I feel about most of my drawings! 😁
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Sanguine Drawing of Sitting Female Figure
All of the previous gesture drawings I posted were done with charcoal. But here’s a sanguine drawing! Most of the time, I use willow or vine charcoal for gesture drawing. Occasionally, I use sanguine such as Pipo’s chalk or Conte. It is a less forgiving material, but I do like the look and it allows