Daily Figure 4-30-15

Daily Figure 4-30-15

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

25 Min.

Daily Figure 4-28-15

Daily Figure 4-28-15

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2015

I've been fairly verbose in describing many of my posts up to now, but I feel at this point that much of my working process has been described in fairly good detail. So much so, that I've had to look back through earlier posts to make sure I'm not repeating myself. Given this, I'm going to be much more to the point in describing the work I post unless there is some new information that is worthy of adding. Thanks for looking, and reading.

This 25 min. drawing was completed as part of a daily figure drawing routine. 

Untitled #270

Untitled #270

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2014

This 20 min. drawing was completed as part of a daily figure drawing routine. 

Earth Day Cowgirl

Earth Day Cowgirl

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2015

Cowgirl, my cat of 15 years, was kind enough to pose like a french girl for Earth Day. ; )

Untitled #36

Untitled #36

22" X 30"

Charcoal on Paper

2013

Male models are infrequent at many of the workshops I've been to, so this 1.5 Hr. drawing completed at Angels Gate was a nice change. The male form lends itself much more easily to the way I work in general. This made the process of form interpretation a much more straightforward effort. 

Untitled #247

Untitled #247

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2014

Another 20 min. Life Drawing completed at the dA Center for the Arts (the A is capped for dA) in Pomona, CA. It's fun to work on unconventional compositions like this where the image is tight on the subject. I feel as though when I work towards the edge of the frame it compliments the angular nature of how I work. It's as if the mutual language between the subject's definition and the frame becomes more pronounced. 

Untitled #238

Untitled #238

24" X 36"

Charcoal on Paper

2014

I completed this drawing from life at the Joshua Retreat Center in about 40 min. last year. It was nice to have the extra time to fill in some detail related to the model's surroundings. Although details of the setting can sometimes diminish the timeless quality that nude figure drawing can evoke. 

The inclusion of setting details tends to put a definitive time and place stamp on a work which I don't always find necessary or desired, but of course these can be fun sometimes. Granted, it's difficult to completely escape the clues of time and place in a work, but I think that implied timelessness is one of the most endearing aspects to working in this tradition. There are no changing fashions of clothing or styles of architecture present. Just the human body, as it has been, for hundreds of thousands of years (give or a take few tattoos on the model).  ; )