Its been a long summer, lots of disruptions as everyone in the world has experienced, but here are some drawings, done over the past few months, mostly from old sketches, but I recently have been hiring live models again, fully vaccinated, of course.
As I emerge from the mental chaos of the past year, more subjects are showing up, its great to have live models again!
Self studies, as I am the only model I have in my isolation-pod!
Still working off of old drawings and the mirror, but luckily I have had many great models in the past and am looking to the future.
During the lockdown, I got my big mirror out and have be posing for myself. I started out with 1 minute sketches because of physical limitations, holding the paper, weird positions etc. Now I tried longer sketches, the poses tend to be profile or frontal, naturally. I have noticed a strange perceptual phenomena though. I am right handed, and if I have the paper on my right, everything happens normally. However if I put the paper on my left side and draw with my right hand, I get a mirror image. If I make a conscious effort to draw what I actually see I can overcome this but it is difficult. Another odd effect orientation. If I do a pose that has me sideways or upside down, if I don’t draw in the same orientation, the drawings tend to go abstract. I have noticed this while drawing models too, if their head is sideways sometimes I have to turn my head to see the face. I am not sure if this is psychological, or physical. Perhaps some sort of dyslexia.
Here are some new drawings done from 5 minute charcoal sketches. Mood swings all over the place. New York is opening up slowly but it will still be a few months before the studio can open.
Since the corona virus lockdown began, I haven’t been able to get live models, so I have been taking old sketches and redrawing them. Most are from 1 to five mute drawing. They are all 18×24, pastel and charcoal.
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Here are some larger pastels, mostly 48 inches by 36 inches, approximately, done on on red rosin paper, the kind you cover the floor with when doing construction. It has a great tooth and is great to work on, although I have doubts about the acid levels.
Some 5 minute sketches of a new model, Silas, working on poses that can be transformed in to flying poses
