Elegance - Life Drawing of Anne,
Chalk & Charcoal Drawing from Life on Fabriano Roma Grey Charcoal Paper, 25"h x 15"w
Oh boy! Did this blog suffer some serious neglect in the last two months! (I cannot believe I have not blogged for two months! I really need to make a more serious effort in keeping a regular blogging schedule...) So here it is: "Elegance - Life Drawing of Anne" is my latest long pose figure. It measures 15"w x 25"h and is done with chalk and charcoal on grey Roma paper. The entire drawing took more than 80 hours to complete, with 60 hours of model time, and a couple nights staying at the studio working on background and folds of the drapery. We experimented with black background for the first time in this set-up, and I found it great to create mysterious atmosphere as well as set the glowing light effect on the model. But to achieve proper value of the black cloth in the background, it took many, many paintful hours sitting at the easel adding layers and layers of vine charcoal...
"Still Water Run Deep - Life Drawing of Yeshi" is another long pose drawing I did earlier this year at GGA. It took about 42 hours to complete and was my first figure drawings using both white chalk and charcoal on grey Roma paper. It was a relatively simple standing back pose, and my goal is to capture the cascading light down her (viewer) right shoulder, and have the light gradually diminish as it descents the figure. For hair I have tried not to drawing in every single strand, instead treating it as fabric with light and dark planes and fuzzy edges...
I really liked it and entered it into the Livermore Art Association's Spring Juried Show, and was very happy to find out that it has won second place in drawing/pastels category, as well as the City Selection Awards from the City of Livermore! Now it will be hanging in the City Hall of Livermore for a month, until May 9th... What a great honor!...
In the mean time, if you have an image of a beautiful landscape, or a flower you like, or anything you might want to see painted, please email them to me at arena.shawn@gmail.com. I will paint them and post them here. From every 10 paintings I make from them, there would be a random drawing, and the lucky winner get to take a original back home for free! Interested? Then send me your photo!
Still Water Run Deep - Life Drawing of Yeshi,
Chalk & Charcoal Drawing from Life on Fabriano Roma Grey Charcoal Paper, 25"h x 15"w
"Still Water Run Deep - Life Drawing of Yeshi" is another long pose drawing I did earlier this year at GGA. It took about 42 hours to complete and was my first figure drawings using both white chalk and charcoal on grey Roma paper. It was a relatively simple standing back pose, and my goal is to capture the cascading light down her (viewer) right shoulder, and have the light gradually diminish as it descents the figure. For hair I have tried not to drawing in every single strand, instead treating it as fabric with light and dark planes and fuzzy edges...
I really liked it and entered it into the Livermore Art Association's Spring Juried Show, and was very happy to find out that it has won second place in drawing/pastels category, as well as the City Selection Awards from the City of Livermore! Now it will be hanging in the City Hall of Livermore for a month, until May 9th... What a great honor!...
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