Last night, I went to a life drawing session at David Lawter's studio in Asheville. David's Monday night sessions are unique in this area. All the poses in this 2-hour session are short. Really short. We start with 1-minute poses then go to 2 minutes, and end with 5 minutes. Most other sessions around here start with a 5-minute pose as a "quick" warm-up.
I find these short poses to be a heckuva lot of fun. They're a challenge: you have to get it right, right away, because there is no going back. Before you're ready, the buzzer has buzzed and the model is on to a new pose. Deal with it!
Our model was Amy. This young lady is a real live-wire. She looks like Marissa Tomei and is bubbly, energetic, creative, and so much fun to work with. These short poses really suit her. She squirms around until she's contorted into some really difficult position, and then holds it like a rock. The short poses let her get into incredible positions that are really impossible for anything longer than five minutes. So the combination of short poses and Amy's creativity meant that we had two hours of some really challenging drawing.
So here are a few pages from my sketchbook:
Can't wait for next week!
I find these short poses to be a heckuva lot of fun. They're a challenge: you have to get it right, right away, because there is no going back. Before you're ready, the buzzer has buzzed and the model is on to a new pose. Deal with it!
Our model was Amy. This young lady is a real live-wire. She looks like Marissa Tomei and is bubbly, energetic, creative, and so much fun to work with. These short poses really suit her. She squirms around until she's contorted into some really difficult position, and then holds it like a rock. The short poses let her get into incredible positions that are really impossible for anything longer than five minutes. So the combination of short poses and Amy's creativity meant that we had two hours of some really challenging drawing.
So here are a few pages from my sketchbook:
Can't wait for next week!
Hi Skip. I'm also a local artist in the area. I'm looking for life drawing sessions or classes like these. I googled life drawing in Asheville and found you. Do you have any recommendations? I have experience, but it's been a while and I really want to get back into it
ReplyDeleteThe Red House in Black Mountain and the Opportunity House in Hendersonville has sessions still running in the summer.
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