It was too cold for our life model to undress, so she just unpinned her hair and lay down on the platform fully clothed. Her unruly hair and unconventional style of dress - dungaree shorts and thick tights - at first made it seem more difficult to capture than her unclothed form might have. It… Continue reading Life painting – It was too cold for the model to undress
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Last life painting session before Christmas (click to see full image)
Since October, I've been doing weekly life drawing and painting classes and I am learning so much from them. Monday was the last one before Christmas and we spent the whole day on one pose. This time we had a young male model who was very slim with wide shoulders (male models are usually older… Continue reading Last life painting session before Christmas (click to see full image)
Life drawing and painting – exploring colour
A few weeks back I began attending weekly life drawing and painting sessions at the Glasgow School of Art. The emphasis has been on using colour and it has been eye opening. I find it fascinating that you can paint the human figure in, for example, greens yellow and reds and it works! Now while… Continue reading Life drawing and painting – exploring colour
Art class – new ways of thinking
So my life painting class continues and at the heart of it is using colour. Slowly, I am realising that we are being encouraged to consider the 'harmony' within a work. My approach has always been 'get your darks dark and your lights light' - which is a valid way of working, but I am… Continue reading Art class – new ways of thinking
Colour Wheels, Life drawing and painting
I decided at the end of Summer that I needed to challenge myself artistically and as I live out in the country, to get a bit more social contact. So I signed up for a class at the Glasgow School of Art on colour. One day a week for 18 weeks. I didn't realise it… Continue reading Colour Wheels, Life drawing and painting
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