A selection of life drawings from recent life workshops
90 minute Oil sketch on canvas block
constantly moving series conté crayon on A2 cartridge paper
10 minute gestural sketch conté crayon on cartridge paper
90 minute oil sketch on canvas pad
40 minute charcoal drawings on A2 cartridge paper
30 minute mixed media sketches
Charcoal on cartridge paper
Conté crayons on toned paper 65cm x 55cm 60mins
Conté and charcoal on A2 cartridge paper 30 mins
Pen and wash in A4 sketch book 15 mins
Charcoal on A1 watercolour paper 30 mins
Conté crayon and collage on A2 cartridge paper 20 mins
I loved this pose would be a good study for a San Sebastian painting!
Oil pastels and collage on A2 cartridge paper 30 mins
No quick gestural poses this session 2 x 15 min poses charcoal on cartridge paper
Head studies. Oil on canvas sheets
Oil sketch on board 20 x 24in 60 mins
2 minute gestural sketches conté crayon
Charcoal and conté crayon on cartridge paper seated pose 30 mins
Charcoal and conté on cartridge paper 45 minutes
Oil sketch 60 mins 70cm x 56cm
Gestural sketches 2 minutes conte crayon on A2 cartridge paper
Oil sketch 60 minutes 70cm x 48cm
Conte, gouache, charcoal in A3 cartridge sketchbook
2 minute gestural poses charcoal on A2 cartridge
5 minute preparatory sketch – carbon pencil
Oil on gesso prepared card 54cm x 50cm (90mins)
It’s been nearly 3 months since my last foray into the life room and it was so good to shake off the temptation to sink into winter hibernation on this miserable grey January Saturday. Below are a few sketches from the 4 hour session…..
2 minute gestural sketches – charcoal on A2 cartridge paper
15 minute sketch charcoal on A2 cartridge paper
45 mins mixed media in A3 sketch book
15 mins gouache/charcoal on watercolour sheet
Mixed media in A3 sketch book
Last Saturday of the month and another life drawing workshop. Always enjoyable even after a long 12-week term of teaching!
Mixed media on A2 cartridge paper 45 mins
Mixed media on A2 cartridge paper 30 mins
Conte crayon on A2 cartridge paper
2 min warm-up sketch conte crayon
Life drawing two weeks running – could life get any better?!!
30 min sketches Conte crayon on A2 cartridge paper
30 mins soft pastels on cartridge paper
It’s been 2 months since our last life drawing session and what with the excesses of the festive season and winter weariness, it took a while for the creative cogs to get moving….
After 4 hours, this was drawn in the last 15 minutes and I’m reasonably pleased that I didn’t give up and go for a coffee!
2 min poses
15 min poses
One hour pose (detail)
All drawings charcoal on A2 cartridge paper
Oil on card 60 x 80cm 60 mins
Conte crayon on A2 cartridge paper 20 mins
Conte crayon on cartridge paper 2 min poses
Conte crayon on A2 cartridge paper 20 mins
Oil on card 80 x 60cm 55 mins
Willow charcoal on A1 cartridge paper (cropped) 55 mins
Charcoal on A1 cartridge paper 30 mins (detail)
Willow charcoal on A1 cartridge paper 60 mins
Willow charcoal on A2 cartridge paper 10 mins
2-hour pose oil on board
A new model to our group – wonderful to draw – we’ve invited him back!
Short 2-min gestural poses
15 min graphite sketch
15 min charcoal
quick drawing of final pose in sketch book before moving into oils
A few sketches from today’s life-drawing workshop
superimposed 2 minute charcoal sketches 0n cartridge paper – warming up time
35 minute charcoal sketch on cartridge paper – fun with mark-making!
2 hour oil sketch on Arches oil paper
This is the first time I’ve used Arches’ oil paper and I must say I rather liked it. Not what you would call a “fast” surface and the paint did tend to get absorbed by the paper quite a lot but much preferable to the usual oil paper block which I find slippery and difficult to build up layers in one sitting. The background colour is Attrament black from Schminke – a favourite of mine at the moment!
Rosie McClelland Art 