We had a new model tonight, Angela. I didn't get any good gesture drawings (the model does ten 1-minute poses) but I liked the 2 long pose drawings I did. I tried working with charcoal this time. Now I always end up with black all over my hands and up my arms with charcoal but it does make a nice line. The first one was 
with a harder stick of charcoal and the second was a softer vine charcoal that didn't make darks well but blended nicely on the lights - I think using both would work well with the vine for the mid-tones and the stick for the darks. We had another student pose the model tonight and he did a nice job - it's a good pose, nothing strange or unusual, and shows nice curves. The second drawing is after she took a short break and returned - her hair was different and she was turned a bit differently so the shadows were different on her left side. Next time I can try using my new pastel pencils :) The student who posed the model tonight was working on a dark green gessoed paper with pastel pencils and it looked good - of course, he (Emil or Amil) is a fine artist.
with a harder stick of charcoal and the second was a softer vine charcoal that didn't make darks well but blended nicely on the lights - I think using both would work well with the vine for the mid-tones and the stick for the darks. We had another student pose the model tonight and he did a nice job - it's a good pose, nothing strange or unusual, and shows nice curves. The second drawing is after she took a short break and returned - her hair was different and she was turned a bit differently so the shadows were different on her left side. Next time I can try using my new pastel pencils :) The student who posed the model tonight was working on a dark green gessoed paper with pastel pencils and it looked good - of course, he (Emil or Amil) is a fine artist.
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These are the best figure drawings I have seen you do so far! You are definitely advancing with these. I like the one with the vine charcoal the best, it looks the softest, probably due to the blending. I hate even picking up a piece of charcoal, black Conte or vine charcoal, it is instantly all over my hands, clothes, etc....but you sure can't argue with the results you are getting.
Thanks, Susan! I felt more at ease during this one, for some reason, and I think it's because I really like working on a back view (don't ask me why because I don't know) and the vine charcoal is a nice thing to work with but you have to be careful about blending (I took a soft paper towel and blended the bg but then did that with the girl, too, and it was too much coming off - that's why her hair doesn't look dark). The mix of the hard and the soft charcoal would make a nice mix for these - plus I now have a set of pastel pencils I'm ready to try :)
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