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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…
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It’s been a while
Something I did last week as I try to get back into drawing. I’m a little rusty but not bad considering how long it’s been since I tried drawing anything.
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Andrew Loomis’ Fun With a Pencil
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.
Chris Fox
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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
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Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 7 (part 2)
I hadn’t posted in a few days so I thought I would post where I’m at on the current plate. I’m struggling a bit with the rendering of the shadows on the left side of the foot. I can’t decide if it’s my technique or if I am overworking the paper itself.
Bargue Plate 1.7.2
Here’s the original series 1 plate 7 found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Plate 1.7 (original)
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Chris Fox
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Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 7 (part 1)
Remembering how badly the last drawing progressed I made sure to spend the time necessary to get the block in right (which turns out to be about 2 hours). I’ve been looking forward to this plate. It is one of the more dynamic plates of the series.
Here’s hoping I don’t wring the life out of the drawing before I finish.
Bargue Plate 1.7.1
Here’s the original series 1 plate 7 found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Plate 1.7 (original)
As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Chris Fox
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Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 6a (final)
Here’s the final rendition of the series 1 plate 6a found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course. I can definitely see where I’m improving. I can also see where I still need to make improvements.
Bargue Plate 1.6
Here’s the original series 1 plate 6a found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Bargue Plate 1.6a (original)
As usual, your comments and suggestions are always welcome and thanks for checking out my work.
Chris Fox
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Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 5 (final)
Just finished the series 1 plate 5 found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course.
Bargue Plate 1.5.5
I turned out ok. As usual there are parts I think I did well on and there are other parts that I would like to take a giant eraser to. For me, part of the issue is the fact that I can’t seem to to smooth out the pencil to create the appearance of a solid shadows. I can still see the pencil lines. Of course, part of that may be that I’m trying to get too dark of a value out of my pencil.
Perhaps next time I’ll try charcoal. That should be good for a laugh :)
And the original for reference.
Bargue Plate 1.5 (original)
As usual, your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Chris
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Bargue Plate: Series I, Plate 5 (part 4)
Still plugging away on the series 1 plate 5 found in the Charles Bargue and Jean-Léon Gérôme Drawing Course. This represents about another hour-and-a-half of work since the last post.
Bargue Plate 1.5.4
And the original…
Bargue Plate 1.5 (original)
As usual, your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
Chris
