This is a model who I drew sometime ago. He was inexperienced as a model and felt awkward and uncomfortable while posing. He was even in some pain because he worked out at a gym and had hurt himself. He came at most for two sessions but not for the third booking.
I realize of course that I enjoyed drawing him, much more than he enjoyed sitting.
manilla 18"x24" charcoal
I like the tension in these and the
ReplyDeleteunsophisticated relaxation of the sitter.
Clearly he didn't know how good he was,
or that the woman drawing him was a superb
artist.
Love,
Barbara
Love that relaxed flowing line and also the smudging in the third piece. I am going to do some smudging tonight hopefully. It feels good to make a mess with the charcoal then draw into it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara! It was a pleasure to draw him as I too would have felt quite uptight had I been the model, so I fully empathised with that - but he didn't show up for the third Sunday - since then J has not tried to rebook him.
ReplyDeletelove, Marcia
Hi Sheila, I give you my blessing and full license to make a thorough, untidy, mess tonight with your dusty chalks and in so doing have a wild time - for out of the vagaries of your smudges comes poetry and logic!
ReplyDeletetra la, Marcia
You really captured the awkwardness, Marcia.
ReplyDeleteI feel like saying to him, relax! The middle one is my favourite, for its loose and flowing lines - so good!
Thank you Liza! I really enjoyed drawing that young man - or at least I really enjoyed looking at him which I suppose amounts to the same thing.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I am very blown away by your London paintings!!!