Thursday 31 January 2008

Life Studies week one by isle of wight artist veronica grimm




Newport, Isle of Wight, 30th January 2008.
start of six week life study group, 2hours per evening session 6:30 to 8:30.
Last night we had a young female model who posed twice, holding each pose for approximately one hour.
The first pose was prone on the floor, for this pose I chose A4 canvas paper and painted her with acrylic paint and bristle brushes, the time limit of one hour made this attempt quite demanding, I finished on time but found myself painting at a much faster rate than I normally do.
The second pose I chose to capture the shadows with a graphite stick on thin paper 36 x 24 inches.
Moving from small compact to large and loose again was quite demanding and it took me a while to come to terms with the composition especially at first trying to get the whole figure on the paper, I kept making the head to big.
Next week it will be a male so I have been told.

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