Finally! a long pose (hr 1.30m) painting

Went and painted a pose for almost an hour today at The Royal Drawing School life-drawing dropin. I had no idea I would be fortunate enough to get a chance for a 2 hour pose. I spent a bit of the time faffing around looking for an angle and drew some quick sketches so that my eye could find the best place. This was great , I’m finally using things that have been taught me and using them as parts of my whole approach. I put to paper, two quick 1 min charcoals from very different angels and then settled on this foreshortened pose

Unlike my works Hive account@candidartstrust I went much slower, knowing how long I had. The tutor was quick to inform people present that they should still approach the pose with the same fury they do on longer poses (so there’s a lesson for me)

I did struggle with colour but Adrian Duttons classes have definitely helped me. One thing I feel about this excercise is that I still have a long way to go concerning palette control. There is also something else odd. The image I have taken and shown here is not truly representative of the colours I have used. It feels like the camera phone has failed to depict this image accurately. This is a breakthrough that I never believed possible.

A progress piece

The model, Liz, was so good at keep still it was impressive. I forgot to make it so that knee almost comes out of the canvas but won’t forget again