Monday 11 June: Life model

Every other Monday morning there is a life drawing session in the Hangar. There is a nude, male or female, posing for us (last Monday it was Véronique) and the objective is to draw perfect proportions while catching as much of the 'essence' of the model as possible. To achieve that, we start with a 'warming up': the first half of the two-hour session starts with 6 poses of 1 (one!) minute and then 6 poses of 2 minutes.

This is serious brain training, you hardly have time to think - and after 6 poses of one minute, you are used to it. The two minutes for the next round seem quite long!


After that we go for 2 or 3 longer poses, and I pass by to comment, give hints and tips or even praise!

Then there's a coffee break - that everyone needs and deserves: quick drawing wears you out!
By now the participants 'know' the model and the rest of the time we spend with one and the same pose - draw for a long time and work on shadows and volume, or walk around and draw the model from different angles...Here are some of the results - quite good huh?!

 

 On Monday 18 July we have another model session, this time with a male model. We start 10am and finish at noon. If you are interested to try it out - you are most welcome! Basic materials provided.