Drawing or painting without plan can be an excellent way to build interest and energy and to get the creative juices flowing. I come back to this again and again especially when I feel uninspired or have no idea what I want to paint. I simply begin with some marks or a spontaneously chosen color; […]
I go to a figure drawing group every Sunday morning. There is no instruction, just a group of artists who share the expense of a model and studio. Here are two of my favorites from this week. The first is a twenty minute pose and the second half an hour. The medium is graphite and […]
The female figure was stiffer than I had wanted. The overall image held together but compared to the initial sketch the woman in the painting had very little flow or movement. I felt some resistance to changing something that was working, but I knew I wanted to express something different. I had no choice but […]
Today I was talking to a friend at the life drawing session that I attend most Sundays. I was excited when she started talking about finding the motivation to paint, since that is what I’ve been writing about. She said that often she simply doesn’t feel like working every single day and that she ends […]