A good session this week. Oil paint on canvas from a life model.
A really push this week to pull out the light areas and push back the dark. Overall I’m really happy with the result, even though the face came out allot more masculine than intended.
So refreshing not to have a face as the main focus. Oil on canvas with a life model She chose the pose and I was very happy as A. No face (well not really) and B. I don’t think Ive ever painted a back/behind before. I am very happy with how it came out. It didn’t really look that great until I rendered the couch and pillows around her.
So Its been a couple of months since my last life drawing session. As is often the case with these things it felt like I had forgotten everything while working on this one. Oil paint on canvas with a live model. The addition of a cloth scarf was nice although I struggled to render it in a way to make the hair beneath stand out.
Its been a while since Ive had time for any painting. Starting back this week I am planning on focusing my efforts on doing some monochromatics to try to get better at tone without worrying about color as well.I am very happy with these first two attempts and will go for another on Thursday.
monochromatic Attempt 1
Had another Life drawing Lesson Thursday. Oils on canvas. A really frustrating session where at the end my favorite part of the image is the section bellow the left armpit. The part I barely touched after the first pass.The face and top arm I must have re-done a dozen times. All good practice though.