Figure Drawing

Some figure drawing from last week's class. These were all about 20 min. poses. I used mainly Vine Charcoal but sometimes Jumbo Charcoal also. Just one more class to go - sad! Semester is ending but summer is here to look forward. I can draw outdoors a lot. Should be fun!

V2 Color

Added color to V2. Not quite done yet. Feels like I need to spend some more time on it. I have some new figure drawings in charcoal... will post here soon. Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. Its finally started to get little warm. Be well.

V2

Designing this character, looks like a super women. This is work in progress. I am working on colors. Hope to finish soon.

Geranium

This was my first time to use brush with Ink. It was absolute fun because its like water colors, my favorite medium!! I had beautiful Geranium at home which I took to the class to paint.

Daffodils

I bought these Daffodils last weekend. These were so bright and gorgeous, I had to paint them. Its sad that they do not have long life! I used bright yellow schmincke. These soft pastels are so delicious to work with but it seems I am allergic to pastels so won't be able to work as much as I would like to with these. I plan to paint its background also but wanted to keep this version to compare.

Portrait

This was a quick portrait study and getting to know more about pastels, mixing them etc. I also used some Vine charcoal. I kind of had fun but I don't enjoy doing portraits as much. I had to do some in class and I liked the color and the character in this one.

Peruvian Lilies

Soft pastels - very challenging but sure was fun! This is from my tonight's class. Nothing fancy or detailed but I had a good time :) I do not remember I used pastels seriously ever before so I can call it my first time - definitely with soft pastels! I have very little experience with oil pastels but nothing like this. These mix so well and I feel the pigment quality is superior probably because there is very little binder in it. I used primary colors, black and white. This was a quick still life of flowers; I could not even finish in class because I am slow. I gave final touches after I got back home so light and shadow is sort of imaginary. I will experiment more with this medium this week...