Tag: SaturdaySketchbook

  • Saturday Sketchbook

    Helen

    Uneven line work. but I like this pairing. Two similar seated poses—unplanned.

    With a new model, I tend to go really slowly as I try to familiarize myself with the unique details of their anatomy. Sure, there’s a way to do an anonymous, expressive figure, never mind the details; but I want to be able to conjure an authentic likeness. I want to understand the true anatomy.

  • Sunday Sketchbook

    Nathan, Unfinished

    Inconsistent line weight, stiffness in the early going, much more relaxed with second pose … Nathan was a great model—he must have done this before. He apparently had at least given it some preparatory thought …