Portraits

In the closing weeks of the drawing class we focused in on portraiture. Here are some of those and all are done in about an hour:


19x24 Charcoal on Bristol

19x24 Charcoal on Bristol

 19x24 Charcoal on Bristol

 19x24 Charcoal on Bristol

More Models

Here are the rest of the finished full body poses from last terms drawing class. All are done in about an hour.


I like this one a lot, at first I didn't care about it, but I think I handled the jeans pretty well.

19x24 charcoal on bristol

This lady was our model for several of our classes, I got a few good portraits out of her too. I like this image because of all the wrapping and drapery. I probably made the shadow too dark, but whatever.

18x24 charcoal on newsprint

We had to do a master study I chose Paul Cadmus, Untitled Nude, 1945

Here is the original

And mine
20x28 Charcoal and Graphite on blue paper

First Model

This was our first in class model. It turned out well enough, I could have spent another hour on the drapery, but the whole piece was done in 2 hours I think.


19x24 Charcoal on Bristol