The importance of Life Figure Drawing

"It would be hard to exaggerate the importance of drawing the figure from life. There is really no other exercise to develop your drawing and observational muscles than working from a live model. The best kind of life drawing, in my opinion, is fast, gestural drawing of one to 3 minutes per pose. While the final products are not very impressive, it is the best way to develop an artist’s instincts for the body… learning intuitively how weight settles and how people place stresses on various parts of their body while standing, sitting, reaching, etc. Short poses like that afford the model flexibility in how they pose, and they can hold for three minutes an action pose that would be impossible for a longer period of time. This kind of gestural drawing is a little like live caricature drawing… there is no time to over think it, you just have to go with your gut and this really trains your instincts."
-www.tomrichmond.com blog

Breaking Out

 

Challenge: Not where you imagined you would be at this point in your life?

Let it go and be free from all restraints. Go now and open your heart to new ideas, unexpected opportunities

Sunshine