Today I was able to go the the quarterly drawing marathon in Palo Alto and stayed for both sessions. It took a little trial and error but I finally figured out a combination of inks and pens, brush strokes and marks that gave me results I liked. I am posting my two favorite drawings from today and the rest that I liked are in the slide show. I was using India Ink with a brush, walnut ink with a brush and the Elegant Writer black pen and then a permanent fine point uniball pen. I took the phone book, my new pad of YUPO and a Watercolor travel book that I wasn't too fond of the paper quality. It was perfect for the materials I worked with today. The morning session had my two favorite models. In the afternoon, I switched to the long pose but didn't have an interesting vantage point so I started drawing the other artists around the model a la Charles Reid. That was fun. I was so happy life didn't interfere with art today.
I love your drawings. Wow. Carol
ReplyDeleteI like #4 in the phone book slide show. Why a phone book?
ReplyDeletePhone books are ubiquitous and a great source of free paper! During a drawing session, the poses change very fast. So easy to just keep drawing and turning the pages.
ReplyDeleteA comment left on the slide show from Carol Stohs:
ReplyDeleteI truly love this. You are so brave and your talent knows no limits.
Wonderful expressive lines!
ReplyDeleteI do love your drawing style. My favorites this year are the pen and ink of the man's back as well as # 10/13.
ReplyDeleteAll the poses in the phone book are very full of energy.
Your line work reminds me of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Bravo!
I love the gesture of your drawings.
ReplyDeleteI love how free and fluid your style is! :) I love your images, especially of the figure and love how you took the phone book as a source of paper!
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