My teaching responsibilities resumed a couple weeks ago; hence the slower rate of posting on this blog. But today was another back-to-school day: Life class resumed. I decided to ease into things by drawing rather than painting. These first two sketches were 10-minute poses. Sorry about the ghosted lines in these photos; I was using thin newsprint for practice, and I didn’t realize it would be semi-transparent, heh.
Geoff Watson, “Gesture study,” charcoal on paper, 18” x 24,” 2019.
Geoff Watson, “Gesture study #2,” charcoal on paper, 18” x 24,” 2019.
This longer pose turned out okay, except that I had trouble shading smoothly. Partly this was because my first stick of charcoal broke and I had to switch to a different type of charcoal mid-stream. Partly it was that I’m out of practice with charcoal and tried shading by hatching instead of just using the side of the charcoal. Still, there’s some nice stuff going on in this drawing.
Geoff Watson, “Sketch of Dakota,” charcoal on paper, 18” x 24,” 2019.