(7th sketch in series, first iteration of this one)
Woman with Flowers
Flowers, props
upholding the woman.
The flowers, fragrant,
imaginary.
The flowers, blossoming
into death.
Clearly, I need to work on that hand!
Below it is better drawn. Also, since the paper is a bit larger than the scanner, I photomerged two images (still issue in one corner), colour-corrected the paper and dimmed the blacks since it's a very light 6H pencil.
The most difficult part of life drawing for me is getting the figure in proportion. If there's, say, an hour, I'll spend half of it drawing and rubbing out and rubbing out as I try to map the figure correctly.
Those are just the bones of a drawing or painting. I don't want to spend inordinate time on the basic sketch anymore when I might want to shade it, or paint, or whatever, and would prefer more time for that when you are under the constraints of an art session timer.
So I am trying to learn how to draw quickly and correctly. That's all these pieces are. A learning tool.
