By Heather, on August 11th, 2009%
Another hectic day today. I took my daughter into town to meet her friends, and what should have been an hour round trip turned into two and a half hours due to road closures all over the place. Considering I never woke until after 11am (I was up all night – medication playing havoc . . . → Read More: Seated Nude Study
By Heather, on August 10th, 2009%
Just finished my drawing that I’d started 2 days ago: Théodore Géricault’s Study for one of the figures on The Raft Of The Medusa. I’m afraid I got the proportions wrong in several places on this, not massively, but enough to notice when I was shading in, so it threw the drawing off completely. . . . → Read More: Finally…A Drawing
By Heather, on August 8th, 2009%
Théodore Géricault – Raft of the Medusa: Wikipedia
I’m working on a few sketches at the moment. I started working on faces today, following Matt’s tutorial on Drawing Tutorials Online. I find them quite scary actually. I think the reason I find them so intimidating is that with other parts . . . → Read More: Few Rough Sketches
By Heather, on August 7th, 2009%
So tonight I had a go at drawing the form of the body, focussing in particular on the shoulder area, ribcage and deltoid muscle. This study is taken from Annibale Carracci’s Study of a Nude – in Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters. I really like the interaction of the arm with the scapula, . . . → Read More: Body Form
By Heather, on August 6th, 2009%
I didn’t think I was going to get any drawing done today. My medication is playing havoc with me, resulting in major headaches since yesterday afternoon. Apparently this can happen when you first start taking it. I couldn’t sleep at all last night because my head was so sore – I couldn’t even turn . . . → Read More: Hand Gestures