Waihi Life Drawing Class starts for the new term: 22 7 09

Barbi's

Karen, a new member of the class

Janice

Graham

Bill

Anne

Finishing a life study painted in the class

This painting underway is built around a black and white painted figure study done in the class on a black prepared canvas

Life Drawing Class on holiday

School holidays means no life drawing for 2 weeks
Take a break folks, chill out for a while

Figure drawing, Waihi life drawing class 1/ 7/ 09

Above: you want colour? Anne is your girl!

Above: Maclean is one of several members of the class who gets straight in there with sure contour lines.

Maclean

Cameron using earth colours on parchment coloured faux paint-effects wallpaper.

Above: One of Janice's works done on the back of wallpaper

Above: One of Carla's beautiful studies done on the front of a wallpaper with a faux stucco finish in a lovely parchment colour with subtle hatched umber. Christine brought along a roll of this and most everyone tried it out. A great background colour for nude figure drawings.

Christine, big bold contour drawing.

below: Saskia's study

A finished life drawing

Two Models 24 6 09

Life Drawings -Waihi Life Drawing Class 17 6 09

John

Cameron

Janice

Stewart

John

Janice

Carla

Anne

Maclean

Painted Life Drawings, 10/6/09

This life study was done without chalk or pencil just straight into it with acrylic paint.
I forgot to take my camera to class so I photographed my own efforts later, at home.
I don't usually do any art at the class just supervise and set exercises but last night I wanted to try paint and pleased myself for a change. Yay!
I spilt paint on the carpet of the drama room while doing the painting above, my last work for the night, and had to frantically clean up my mess and leave an area of carpet soggy wet.
O dear. More than a few of me hard-won street creds down the tubes but no real harm done.
They say if you can't laugh at yourself you're missing the best jokes......

Our model put on this little black number between poses and thought I would paint her in it as I had a black canvas prepared. There was moaning from the class and I had to insist and reminded them that I am always asking 'does anyone want a particular pose?' and that for once I wanted to choose a pose. I sketched it first in white chalk and then into it with white and black paint.
I have plans to do more to this large canvas, make it a finished painting.

My first effort of the night, white chalk and willow charcoal on prepared paper.

Figure drawing, Life drawing class 3 6 09

Jizzy works lately in inks, here, felt pen. No chance of rubbing out mistakes but Jizzy says the advantage for her of using inks is no smudging, as willow charcoal is so likely to do

One of mine, overworked and then overworked some more...

Robyn, back to work after having several weeks off to practice with her Rock band. The band played Saturday night at our classes' Art and Music exhibition. Looking forward to that Saturday night was all that kept me going through all the work of setting up the exhibition and my wait was worth it. We all had a great night .. ooo- yay!

My sculptor friend Carla shows up as a casual to do some impeccable tonal studies...