Fluidr / BillAyton's "drawings from life" set

2 minute life drawing

N 1 B 316 C 0 E Jan 28, 2011 F Jan 28, 2011

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Done last night (1/27/2011) at the Art Society of Kingston NY life drawing session, organized by my pal Jim Stevenson. Pencil on paper, 12" x 9".

When you only have 2 minutes to try & capture the essence of a figure, it really makes you focus on the basics & there is no time to try anything elaborate. A useful skill.

This was the best of the 6 2-minute drawings I did. The number 5 in the lower right denotes its place in the sequence.

I even like the way the figure reaches out of the frame...accidental, of course, but I'll keep it.

By the way, I put this & a couple of the more finished drawings on my blog here: billayton.blogspot.com/2011/01/some-new-life-drawings.html

Tags: life drawing pencil drawing female figure

Life Drawing of a Seated Woman

N 1 B 271 C 2 E Oct 15, 2010 F Oct 15, 2010

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Done last night, Oct 14, in Kingston NY at the Art Society of Kingston life drawing open session, run by my friend Jim Stevenson. Pencil on paper, 12" x 9". I think this was a 20-minute pose (maybe 10, can't remember). It's been about 3 years since I did actual life drawing, so it was good to get back into practice.

Tags: life drawing figure woman pencil art