Some results from the first life drawing class of the year. Needles to say, I felt very stiff from the lack of practise, and I struggled to put down lines which could convey a sense of the model and her actions.
Looking back at the drawings, I can clearly remember some of the poses from my 1 minutes sketches, but not so much when looking at my 30 sec ones.
Going forward, I think I’m going to try to use a different kind of pencil (either soft graphite or Col-erase). The Conte Pierre Noir is great, but I sometimes felt like I was working against the size of the tip. Also, it makes really dark marks which are hard redefine or fix once they’re on paper, and I find myself constantly having to adjust the size of the legs and torso.