Untitled #58

Untitled #58

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2013

This 40 min. charcoal portrait was completed at the El Camino Community College Life Drawing Marathon in the L.A. area. These are held once a month. In one room there are short poses and in another there is one long pose all day. Some artists have been attending these for years and it's always a nice mix of students, professionals, hobbyists and newcomers. 

Untitled #119

Untitled #119

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2013

This 40 min. pose from life worked out well in that the model displayed a nice shift between the head and torso directions. The models quiet and stoic expression lent itself well to the rigidity in his posture. This is no slouching pose.  

Ellipses, Spheres, and circular shapes are where my particular working attack of segmentation becomes the most evident, as in the oval shape at the bottom of the stool. It's very polygonal*, or as some would say; faceted.

*Polygon: A closed planar path comprised of a series of straight line segments.