Thursday, March 18, 2010

Un Goth


Christina's recent appeal for postings of figure drawings inspired me to add this. Not very vampirific, but I kinda like this female figure for it's simplicity and abstract qualities. There are more drawings at my figure drawing blog, and I'm hoping to add more soon.

10 comments:

  1. Très belle pose et veau dessin. Bravo.

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  2. Well done! I really like the other drawing on your blog you show on the same post as this image as well. How long are the poses?

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  3. Chuck,
    Yes I agree with Alison, nice work. The technique reminds me of Toulouse Lautrec with the colored pencil or pastel on a colored ground with a strong linear contour. Nice use of both warm tones and cool shadows

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  4. Merci and thanks!

    Christina, the pose is probably 90 minutes. Maybe an hour. I can't remember exactly when and where I drew this one.

    David, I draw a lot of inspiration from Degas, Lautrec and Klimt for figure drawing. I'm usually safer when I take a flat approach and emphasize shape and line. The paper is called "bogus" paper. It's used mostly by fashion designers to sketch on and it takes pastel horribly. I use it anyway, because I love the brown tone and imperfections. Lautrec did a lot of oil sketches on plain chipboard. you don't realize it unless you see one up close in a museum.

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  5. Chuck that's a terrific drawing...

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  6. Great drawing Chuck. I miss the figure sessions over there at Essex, and can hopefully join you sometime soon. It's always a pleasure sketching next to ya.

    Wonderful watercolor sketch on the blog. Unexpected, but fantastic. Great job.

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  7. Nice, Chuck. I really like the temperature changes in the leg and back. I'm thinking the breast might be a little low, but your vignette and quality of line are very nice. I'm a huge fan of nude life drawing. I'll be hitting up that Xavier class soon.

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  8. No, Chuck has the correct breast placement on his drawing. The model is Shirley Mae Kremple and she has very droopy breasts.

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  9. Thanks again, guys!
    In defense of Shirley Mae, the breasts go down a bit when the model bends over. It's possible that I have the elbow too high.

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  10. Chuck, very nice! I agree it reminds if Lautrec's work. Sweet!

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