When I am figure drawing, I am an artist without a message. I’m not trying to tell you anything. I just draw because I enjoy drawing. Well, maybe it’s a compulsion, because sometimes I have to admit, it’s a little uncomfortable, frustrating, and at times perhaps even painful. But for the most part, the challenge of figure drawing is in the mastery, being able to portray what I see, or what I think I see. By practicing every week, I am becoming more confident.
The drawing I am posting here was difficult because the facial features look very different when a figure is reclining than they do when the figure is upright. I think that the portrait class I finished taking last week helped me a lot. I will need to continue to practice heads and faces in different positions and attitudes. I still feel hesitant with faces, and I still spend a lot of time guessing, but my guesses seem more accurate now.
This drawing was made with a graphite pencil on Stonehenge paper. I drew it at the regular Wednesday night session of Figure Drawing at Studio b., in Alys Beach, FL. Heather Clements is the instructor.
You continue to get better at capturing the nuance of something I can’t quite define, but it’s supposed to be there, and you’ve done it.
Thank you, Susan!