Last time I attended a life drawing session at an art supply shop. I wouldn't say the other participants are all amateurs but I was sure there wasn't an art teacher in charge. Today's drawing session was held at a proper art school/studio, where an art teacher teaches, draws and paints, and many students study and draw and paint with him. To be honest, I was a bit nervous before I picked up the pencil. I walked in and saw all these people looking experienced but I didn't even know how to set up the easel! Once I started observing the model, I soon relaxed and forgot about the people around me. I did, however, try to remember what Charles Reid does in the DVD I watched. I couldn't get everything right just like Mr. Reid but I certainly had fun like what he described about life drawing.
Bonus? The host teacher, who happened to set up his easel behind me, gave me some nice feedback. He was surprised to hear that this was only my second life drawing session and I have never had formal training in drawing and painting. Ha, I hope the teacher wasn't just saying it because he would like me to keep going back to his studio :)
This is beautiful, Ching! You nailed that foreshortened leg -- always very tricky -- and the delicate shading on her skin without getting the harsh look. And in color! I've done a lot of life drawing, but never in color (short poses only except the one time a couple weeks ago when I was doing graphite). How long was this pose?
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Thank you, Tina. Believe me, the foreshortened leg took several attempts! I very rarely erase wrong lines but this leg made me take out my eraser. The pose last for 3 hours with many mini breaks in between. I think it's quite easy to get lost in details with a long pose like this. That's why I did my pencil drawing as carefully as possible but not correcting too much (except for the leg) and then moved on to watercolour. You can never spend too much time correcting with watercolour.
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