Saturday, February 9, 2013

Dreads & tats

Gaby, Charcoal A3© Sue Pownall 2013
Whilst in the UK I went to 2 more life drawing classes. As with drawing Terry I took charcoal to draw with as I'd had such fun before. In the 2nd class, I also tried using watercolours directly without under-drawing. I think as a side-effect of drawing portaits for my Festival Faces series, with both models I ended up drawing portraits during the long poses. Gaby was so pleased with my drawing of her that she took a photo of it. Below are other drawings of Gaby.
Gaby reclining. A3 Direct painting with Payne's Grey watercolour
Gaby A3 watercolour.
The day before I left UK, I got to draw Rachel and her tattoos again. I drew her before in September 2011 and you can see those drawings here. With the first long pose I drew the charcoal portrait below, which I think is a fair likeness. Then did the rough full body drawing. Can you tell I was pre-occupied with what I had to do before my flight the next morning?
Rachel Charcoal A3 © Sue Pownall 2013
Rachel in charcoal A3
Finally,  I drew another portrait of Rachel as a concerted effort to focus and relax.
Portrait in sepia pencil on A3
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