Last Session with Lee Jia

A cool session, 30 min poses, enough time to quickly sketch, do some planning... wetting paper and brush... and of to the next. I like cropping, seems to make the whole thing a lot easier. It is actually... the less you do, odds are you will make less mistakes too. Lee Jia will leave to Australia, that was our last session with her, it's always sad to see a good model leaving... need to find a replacement.

In Darkness with Lee Jia Ling

An interesting session we had yesterday, we turned off all the lights, and kept a small spot on the model. The entire room was plunged in darkness, it was a bit hard to see the paper, pencil mark & washes. But being able to observe the light on the volume was priceless. It was effortless, I was even able to outline them. It's usually difficult to interpret the range of values on a model's body and then simplify it in your mind  before painting it. I am willing to try this again using another spot of light, meaning having 1 spot on each side. It was the second time with Lee Jia. I used my butcher's tray, with Blue Cerulean , Red Cadmium & Raw Sienna or Cadmium yellow light. Paper is Super Deluxe Aquabee 93 lb.

Opening 2009 with Lee Jia Ling

These 2 sketches, are the result of my 1st life drawing session of 2009. Both 5 minutes pose.