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I am a better artist. I drew more like I want to draw, at the weekly figure drawing session at Studio b. last night. It’s nice to have a night when drawing comes easily. Well, it’s still work, I have to remember to breathe. One of the other artists commented that she could hear me taking big breaths — I hope I am not too distracting to the others!
I am powerful. I attended I Can Do It – Toronto 2011, last weekend. The conference featured a number of authors published by HayHouse, including Louise Hay herself, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, and many others. As is typical for me when I am going away even if for just a few days, I felt compelled to complete all the tasks I had been putting off for months. So the morning I flew to Toronto, I had gotten only a couple of hours of sleep the night before, which probably made me particularly susceptible to suggestion. That, in combination with the charismatic, perhaps even hypnotic speakers, left me supremely empowered upon my return. I am drawing better, and I am guessing the conference is a factor.
We had uninstructed open studio at Studio b. this week, warming up with a number of 1-minute and 2-minute poses, and then some that were a little longer. We finished with two 25-minute poses and then our last pose was 15 minutes. My drawing of the last pose is at lower left. Click on it to see much larger detail.
My drawings were successful not necessarily because of anatomical correctness or portraiture, but because they are believable, effectively communicating what I feel was the essence of the model in her pose at the time that I was drawing her. In particular, the pose seated on a folding chair caught the complete relaxation of the figure, especially the slight paunch of relaxed stomach muscles.
In the drawing of the clothed model, the portraiture is not a likeness, but I like the textures of pencil strokes and I also like the play of the darks and lights leading the eye through the picture.
Most of my images are available for purchase. Contact me if you are interested. — Joan Vienot
Wow! There is an energy there. You’re right, it has nothing to do with the correctness of the drawing because I never saw the posing figure. There is something else there that I can’t put my finger on. It makes me want to speak to the person in the drawing and learn more about them…