You may wonder why I still work from the
model. - (often, I wonder too), and why the same one? I find I can explore
more readily when I am working with a familiar form, and Blue understands what
I am often striving to get.
I like to work with a semi clothed figure,
as I am very aware of the objectifying of a person, that life drawing so easily slips
into. Anyway, I have gone on at length
about this.
I have been teaching life drawing and I do not really work myself
when doing that as I want the student to explore their work and style, and not be
tempted to please 'teacher'. I now don't instruct on a Wednesday night, so can
please myself. Ha! easier said than done.
It was a bit of a struggle, I slipped
so quickly into a safe, nice, space and I felt the gestural drawings were a bit
pedestrian. I worked with some water colour too. The longer paintings were not
so bad, but still a bit safe (top row) so I changed the pallet.
I also gessoed the paper and the gestural
drawings were much more exciting.
and the gessoed paper has the added
bonus that you can work with oil into the sketch book. (bit hard to close the book up afterwards.)
Recently I have seen Helene Schjerfbeck at
the RA and fell in love. (Spot the influence.) Also, the fab Kathe Kollwitz at
the British Museum. I liked the Lucian Freud self portraits, the direct, strong
gaze of his models, and I enjoyed the Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the white
cube gallery immensely.
1 comment:
These are brilliant Annabelle.
We wish some of our students had your talent!
All the best,
https://getnudelifedrawing.co.uk/
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