The following sketches have been created following a video program by Croquis Cafe who posted a series of 15 minute life drawing videos using live models. These were compiled with a series of 1 minute, 2 minute and 5 minute poses. Day 1 to 3 can be found in Part 3, Project 1, Exercise 1 of this blog.
I will be doing the following sketches in my A2 sketchbook and trying to keep to one page if possible. The 1 minute poses will be done with pencil, ink-brush pen for the 2 minute poses and finally charcoal for the final 5 minutes. By trying to keep to the same format throughout, I am hoping to document my progress and have a direct comparison to help illustrate any improvement to my technique.
Day 4 – 6th July 2019

Day 5 – 8th July

Day 6 – 9th July
Struggled today with the angles of the torso…

Day 7 – 10th July

Day 8 – 13th July

Day 9 – 15th July

Day 10 – 21st July
Much harder today. More poses in each section but model kept moving so I had to make quick decisions on the marks i was laying down.
Day 11 – 22nd July

Day 12 – 29th July

Day 13 – 31st July

Day 14 – 3rd Aug
Happy with the 1 and 5 minute studies today but the pen sketches (2 mins) didn’t go so well and the proportions went wrong.

Day 15 – 9th Aug

Day 16 – 10th Aug

Day 17 – 11th Aug
Day 18 – 20th Aug


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