Today was our 'clothed model' day - which is double session (short poses first session, long pose second session)...
Warm ups and short gestures were done right handed, longer gestures and short poses were done left handed...
So these were *drawn* left-handed, but one thing I discovered, I cannot shade them quickly left-handed (you know, where you draw a series of parallel lines to quickly add tone? No parallel lines for my left hand apparently).The second session was one long pose. I decided at the last minute to add some color...
...which was interesting, given I had a very limited number of colors to actually choose from. I had some earth toned Dewent 'drawing' pencils (hard and waxy) and a few colored pastel pencils (pink, peach, purple, green, black and white). Nothing really resembling a real triad... It was really interesting trying to balance color and value (it's been decades since I've used pastel or color of any sort while drawing from life) -
- ultimately a bit frustrating given that the model was wearing such luscious colors, and I had nothing with which to approximate them.... But it was fun to play with color...
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Wow. (I really need to come up with a more pithy exclamation.) You were working w/ your LEFT HAND in the top sketches? Amazing.
Despite the lovely colors of the orig, I find the ones you used much more interesting. There is something in the continuous range of color that expresses a strong mood - I'm lovin' it!
OMG Tara your left hand sketches are amazing and you just started drawing with it....Wow! :)
Tara, the left-handed sketches in the second group of pictures are your strongest ones to date, in my opinion, even along side your right-handed ones. Very nice.
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