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It’s been a while…again

With the shelter in place order I found myself with a fair bit of free time. So I dug my supplies and my desk out of the garage and took a shot at drawing something again.

Fingers crossed that it won’t be another two years before I post again…

Andrew Loomis’ Fun With a Pencil

Blooks

Blooks

More Blooks

More Blooks

I was doing a bit of clean up and came across a drawing pad that I hadn’t seen since 2008.  These are some Blooks (Loomis’ term) from Andrew Loomis‘ 1939 book Fun With A Pencil. The book was out of print for ages and it used to be that the only way you could get a copy of it was to find a bootleg pdf version online.  Loomis was an extremely successful illustrator and instructor in the first half of the twentieth century. His style ranged from the cartoony (like above) to the realistic.

Chris Fox

Figure Drawing: Balance studies

Figure Drawing: Balance Studies

Figure Drawing: Balance Studies

When I came up with the name of this blog I had intended the pain to be a metaphorical one. Unfortunately, I’ve discovered over the last few weeks that drawing on an easel set vertically has its drawbacks. Specifically, I’m experiencing pain in my drawing arm from drawing this way. So I’ve decided to take a little break from the Bargue plates.

In the interim I thought I would do some studies from a master of figure drawing – George Bridgman. The drawings above are a few examples of his balance studies that I’ve drawn from Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Chris Fox