Life drawing- Ellie on mixed media backgrounds

In this life drawing session I enjoyed experimenting with drawing on pre prepared gel plate printed backgrounds with conte crayon. I incorporated bird imagery into the gel plate prints to link to some of my personal projects this year that feature birds and vessels. Ellie- conte crayon on gel plate print 2x5 minute poses Ten …

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Gestural life drawings in compressed charcoal

In this life drawing session I experimented with a looser, more gestural style of drawing using compressed charcoal. I enjoyed letting go of perfectionism and creating more messy, expressive work. This style of drawing really lends itself to quick 1-5 minute poses- it forced me to focus on the movement of the figure to create …

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Life drawing mixed media sketchbook: playing with figures

Aimee- negative space In my sketchbook I have been enjoying reworking old and new life drawings into new compositions using collage and mixed media techniques. I used old paintings that I no longer liked or needed and cut them up to create new pieces in my sketchbook using them as backgrounds or parts of the …

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