Something special today: with Robin on September 25th 2014

Somedays one feels a real empathy with the model. Today was such an occasion. I felt great. A third week without leg pain to invade my focus. No plans for drawing this morning. Just respond to that which Robin designs to offer.

Robin is an amazing model. Creative. Resiliant. Holds the most difficult poses for the full 30 minutes. She knows her role in the life-drawing environmemt. She sets up challenges for us. And today I responded.

The first two drawing I feel are full of sensitivity. I just let myself go, totally unconscious of myself as an artist drawing a model. Marks are lightly made. There is no frustration (consequently no heavy marks).
Then the full length of her body, the high hip, and the right foot gaining support from a rope.
Finally two drawings of selected parts of two different poses.

Engaging with Robin on September 18th 2014

A variety of approaches in the enjoyment of drawing Robin:
1. starting at the foot and journeying up through the pose, halting at significant locations with an increased intensity of mark-making,
2. looking up at her high up above me in the studio, yet quite close,
3. a rare inclusion of all the supporting ropes,
4 & 5. two, what I refer to as, perspective drawings.

All are two handed drawings on A1 cartridge paper. I'm drawing with two 2B pencils.
Each pose is for 30 minutes. Sometimes Istop before I get to the end.

Mainly Rachel's dangling legs on September 11th 2014

Aspects of Paul on September 4th 2014

This morning I was at 'extreme poses' at Pegasus Art in Stroud.

For many months I have been distracted from deeply engaging with mosts things due to extreme leg pain from a spinal malfunction. I have needed to sit at my easel. On Monday last I had a lumbar epidural steroid injection. Within hours I felt a new man. I have walked each evening with my dogs something I have been unable to do for many months. And I mean a good walk. Up to 3 miles and fairly briskly.
Today I was able to stand at my easel and draw through my two hands from my whole body. Moving about. No pain. And complete concentration on the task.

So here are the five drawings from the five 30 minute poses, each of which I have slightly cropped in order to focus on the issue I attempted to focus on in each pose. Generally I do not crop but post each full A1 paper whatever the composition, and post it simply as a record of what happened at the session. But these have part of the paper removed.