New term with Deal Life Drawing Group

 

I've also discovered that I can upload photos from my new phone which means posting drawings on here should be easier from now on.

I took part in a drawing workshop today with the English National Ballet in London which meant sitting and drawing professional ballet dancers during their rehearsal in the London Coliseum.  It was a fantastic experience and as the hour progressed I found myself focussing more on the sense of movement than the dancers themselves.  This drawing is of an exercise in which they were moving across the stage to music.  I didn't look at the page whilst drawing and I quite like the vertical composition.  The workshop was led by the artist Heidi Wigmore.

Pencil and graphite on paper

Approx. 58 x 40 cm

Dancing has become a big part of my life over the last year and I love it!  So, what better subject could there be for the focus of a new body of work?  I'm hoping to explore movement through drawing as well as dancing as I progress but for now I'm indulging myself in some figurative drawing.  Although taken directly from photographs I like to play around with composition and space to create a bit more interest and a sense of atmosphere.  

Deal Life Drawing Group

Saturday 23rd February

Warm and cosy in Deal Scout Hut on an otherwise cold, blustery and snowy day in Kent 

2 Hour Life Drawing pose with Deal Life Drawing group

Saturday 26th January 2013

Oscar

I'm reasonably pleased with the outcome of this painting of 'Oscar', my Sister-in-Law's horse.  Inspired in part by George Stubbs 'Whistlejacket' at the National Gallery in London, a painting I have seen so many times.  I also wanted to rediscover the style of work that I developed whilst on my fine art degree which involved painting in acrylics on a blank canvas.  It doesn't matter what I do, I'm always drawn back to black and white.