HMoA Figure Drawing 12/16/13 - Sergio - Long Poses

Sergio 12/16/13 - Pose 01, Ink and Watercolor on Paper, 9"x12"

I had a great night on Monday with the long poses.

I used the tombow pens and then added watercolor to the pages. I was able to get a neat couple of drawings.

Above is the first drawing of the night. I think this is the weakest of my three drawings of the night. I do like how the torso was rendered and I am enjoying the cool shadow against the warm wall. Everything is rendered pretty well and the wash is hiding a lot of the details, giving it a painterly effect.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Pose 02, Ink and Watercolor on Paper, 9"x12"

When Sergio took the above pose I was struck by the light dark contrast he was standing right under the spotlight and the harsh shadows were very dynamic. I decided to exaggerate the highlights in this drawing.

The end result is a drawing that looks almost like a marble statue. The purple and the blue are creating a neat mood. I am really happy with this sketch.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Pose 03, Ink and Watercolor on Paper, 9"x12"

This was the last pose of the night and I am amazed at how well it came out.

I had a great night with the long poses. I wish every night could be like this. 

"Creativity goes beyond what you already know. 

What you know is just knowledge."

~ Ernie J. Zelinski

HMoA Figure Drawing 12/16/2013 - Sergio - Short Poses

Sergio 12/16/13 - Short 02, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

Sergio was the model this Monday at the Honolulu Museum of Art Figure Drawing Class. As always, Sergio did some complex and fun to draw poses.  These are the short poses for the night.

Above is my favorite of them. It was the second 5 minute pose. I really had a good night. The way I rendered the head in that sketch. This sketch has a great balance between the wash and the cross hatching. There was some serendipity in there as well, I doubt I could recreate that head even if I tried.

I am enjoying the effect I am getting from the complimentary colors in these shorter poses. The blue and the goldenrod is a neat color effect.

There is a lot of movement in this drawing. He looks ready to dart of the page.

Below are the gestures from the night. I did 5 with the brown Tombow and then 5 with the Olive green and pink color combinations.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 01, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

This was the first of the gestures. It is surprisingly good for the first pose. Normally I  have a few terribly sketches before I warm up.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 02, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

I like how much I was able to get in this sketch. 

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 03, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 04, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 05, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 06, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

 The green and to orane/pink look great here. I was a really like these next couple sketches.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 07, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 08, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 09, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

I swapped to a lighter pink because I was a little unhappy with the lack of light dark contrast between the orange/pink and the green. I am a little unhappy with the coldness of the pink.

This drawing has a sickly monstrous feel to. He looks like he is hunched over in pain slowly morphing into something.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Gesture 10, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

This was the last of the gesture drawings and it is the weakest of them. I always have a scale problem when the model hold their hands above their head. I will have to focus a little more on that.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Short 01, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

This sketch came out amazing. It was the First of the five minute sketches and I am having so much fun with the tombow pens and wash.

Sergio 12/16/13 - Short 03, Ink on Paper, 9"x12"

This was the ten minute pose. I am a little unhappy with it. I got a little confused by the foreshortening but there is some good things going on in this drawing. I got the overlaying shapes of the body blocked in very well.

Good night overall.

Zwick Studio 12/14/13 - Martha - Week 1

Martha - 12/14/13 - Week 1, Watercolor on Paper, 9"x12"

After going back last week I really wanted to get back into the habit of going to the Zwick Studio on Saturdays.

The model for this session was Martha. I just drew her over at Leeward Community College on Sunday.

I decided to do something a little different for this set of poses: Every week I will do a completed watercolor of the scene and move around the studio week to week.

I was all ready to do a watercolor painting today, When I got into town and looked at my things, I had forgotten my watercolors in the car. Luckily, Fishers was nearby and had a sale on watercolors.  The colors were a little off, but they are doing what they need to.

The background is a landscape quilt Billy has put up behind her.

I am pretty happy with this painting. Beside the problems with the color mentioned, it still is pretty strong. It is a very good portrait of Martha. 

"Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm."

~ Earl Nightingale