My recent pre-occupation with drawing just a part of the pose is mainly based around having selected something which I feel I can explore a dialogue with, but which also holds something of the essence of the pose. However, in this posting I am referring to essence in a different sence. The first drawing is essentially exploratory (as in fact nearly all of my drawings are) in that the end product is a record of my enquiry into my relationship with the pose. The drawing searches. The product also keeps a record of this search and therefor how the drawing has been made.
But the process which I have experienced has also been recorded within myself. This second drawing is an externalisation of that internal record. Let me explain: at 'extreme poses' I often feel I have completed a drawing well within the 30 minutes of each pose. In other words I frequently feel I have 'captured the essence' fairly quickly and that further mark-making will dilute (the purity and clarity of the intent). The first drawing below ended after about 15 minutes. So a fresh sheet of A1 cartridge paper was clipped to my easel and I outpoured my learning from the first drawing in about 2 minutes.
There is no searching, no experimentation, no uncertainty, no marks of frustration. The lines are singular, clear, minimal, and I feel they have an elegance. The drawing, for me, really does captue the essence of Natalie's pose.
Upon reflection I feel I have experienced a significant new step in my unfolding life-drawing journey. Can I by-pass the stage of the 'searching and experimental drawing' and place on my paper 'the essence' straightaway. Perhaps I often do this anyway.
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