Saturday, October 1, 2011

Two Portrait Drawings

Julie Devine, Portrait Study I, 2011
I'm working on my drawing skills this quarter with Geoff Flack. Two years ago, I studied artistic anatomy with Geoff in a week-long workshop, and as a result, my figure rendering skills improved significantly.

Understanding the stuctural planes of the body and paying attention to a figure's linear rhythms have proved incredibly valuable. So I'm back for more  - this time focussing on the head, neck, and shoulders in his portrait drawing class.

Here are two studies from the second and third weeks of the quarter. For each, I used a combination of vine and compressed charcoal. Both are drawn from life.



Julie Devine, Portrait Study II, 2011