Meet Jennifer

 

Cornerstone! - Pascale

I've been drawing a lot recently, and I wanted to go back to the training ground and see how I was faring compared to yesteryear. When the model stroke her first pose, a 1 minute (2nd drawing from the left), I knew it was one of those "cornerstone"moment, … and I wished Frazetta was here. He would have loved to work with her. She got a powerful, curvy and sturdy body. I drew the whole night internally monologuing with Frazetta. He was mostly making fun of my drawings, and sometime smiling with satisfaction.

I left the studio with a new thought on the art of drawing…uh-oh... that I'd like to share :)

Here is a collage of the best 5 drawings. Poses ranged from 1 min to 10min. 

Drawing a model is like… "I hear what you are saying, but let me say it louder for you."

The equivalent in a verbal conversation would be, repeating after someone, with a loud Gospel or Opera voice.

e.g

Model: Look at my hip

Artist: LOOoooOOK AT MY HIIiiiIIiiIIIiiiiiP!!!!

Cheers!

With time to kill, Gotta keep running

 

 

 

 

Session No. 5

 

 

 

With Marie

Session #3 at Loisel's

 

 

My good friend Wayne, told me to work on my actual line, it's true that I have a tendency to fiddle too much sometime, Sweep, he says... SWEEP!  I'll show you sweeping.

Life Drawing with Regis Loisel

So I reached Montreal and I didnt loose any time to find a life drawing to join. Lucky me, it's with no other than the great Regis Loisel. I reached the studio not really sure of what to expect, I rang at the door, no answer, I stepped in...walk up the stairs... knock at the door... still no answer, but I was hearing the muffled sound of chit chat. I was just hoping to be at the right place, and not opening the door in a random family house somewhere. I pushed the door... and phew! It was the right place. People where scattered around waiting for the model to arrive. On the walls hundreds of frames hunged everywhere. I was intimidated. The caliber of the people is really high, and for a first timer, I wanted to make a good impression. It was out of question of having a bad session. The model soon arrived and started posing. Fortunately things went well and I was happy with my output. The pressure I put on myself helped me to stay focused. Below is a selection of what I consider the best of my session. 1min to 20min. Meet Veronique!