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Charcoal Life Drawing

 Charcoal, model Scott at the Gilbert & Bennett Cultural Center

Levels

Charcoal life drawing

 Drawn from life, 20 mins, charcoal, 

model Mercedes at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists

1 min poses

 Charcoal, model Tracey at the Gilbert & Bennett Cultural Center

Charcoal Sketches

10 min poses, model Carla at the Gilbert & Bennett Cultural Center

2 min poses

 

Drawn from life using marker.  Model Mercedes at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists

Adult Skeleton

The bright colors help me see the shapes better.

Teen and kid figure drawing classes

I posted the adult version of this back in July. I'm supper happy to be teaching figure drawing classes for kids and teens as well as adults at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists.

Kid Anatomy

Life Drawing Scott

 

Model Scott at the G&B Cultural Center

Life Drawing Portrait

 

Model Sarah at Sivermine Arts Center

Marker life drawings - Miranda

 

2s, a 5 and a 10 min poses 

 Model Miranda at Sivermine Arts Center

Proportion Practice

WCSU figure drawings

Isometric Graph Paper

I stumbled across isometric graph paper this week and have been having fun with it. 

Charcoal life drawings

Landmarks

I've been using this little character to help me set up my figure drawings. It's a quick way to get general proportions and a sense of the whole drawing before working on the details. The dots indicate some landmarks that I look for and the diagram on the right is how it fits with anatomy. 

Charcoal and Conte Figures

Drawn from life. Above 5 mins each in charcoal. 
Below 20 mins with Conte.

Head Angle Diagrams

The second one is an old one (from Jul 2012) that I edited a little before starting the one above it.  The top one is done in Illustrator so that I can play around with small adjustments in the lines. 

Figure Drawings

Stages

 

A breakdown to show some of the things I'm thinking about when drawing from the model.

Marker figures

Life drawings

Proportion & Patreon

 

I've been working on putting together my notes on proportion. It's a new and improved version of the basic drawing course I posted earlier this year.  It's part one of a four part series that will eventually also include perspective, anatomy, and design. This is a work in progress and I would love feedback. It's the only way I'll know if I'm communicating concepts well.

Click here to view the book.

If you like it and want to support this project please visit my Patreon page Patreon.com/TanHend 

It's also a great platform to give feedback. If you do the exercises I will go over drawings an offer advice. Thanks! 

Pencil FIgure

Drawn from life