Transport problems caused a delay in the arrival of the model; one of the artists who had also modelled in the past took her place; and then a third model arrived to take over. Eventually the transport problem was solved and we had the original model for a final pose. So three poses from three different models, and for me an amazing outcome.
Three drawings which reveal a significant exploration of my pre-occupations with Picabia's 'transparency, overlap and superimposition', with Cubism's 'simultaneous multi-viewpoints', and with my own challenge to myself of 'differing scales and perspectives in the same drawing'. Each drawing, I am claiming, touches on some aspect of all three of these current interests of mine, together with an element of 'ambiguity' and the 'morphing of parts' which I seem to enjoy.
The first and third drawings I am using fine-liner pens, and for the middle drawing I am using 2B/3B graphite pencils. All are with my two-handed drawing technique, on A1 220gsm cartridge paper.
I am not sure why I reverted to portrait format as recently I had turned to landscape format for a few drawings which I felt had introduced a freshness into my art.
Prior to this session with Tony Tribe at Peak Arts (formerly Arts Alive) in Crickhowell, Powys, from 10.00am thro' to 3.00pm on Saturday August 24th, I had taken a good look at my fifteen or so drawings from the three day double model sessions at Extreme Poses at Pegasus Art in Stroud run by Paul Fowler (see previous set of postings). I was particularly pleased with those involving the plinth (Nos 3 'the plinth comes into play'). And through the activity of studying these and going through a process of self-analysis, as has happened on previous occasions I seemed to have drawn a line on a particular identifiable and describable stage in my life-drawing journey.
So, having drawn the line, and having posted my drawing on my blog, which kind of takes them from within myself to the outer world, I was ready for something new. And along came a session with the freshness of three amazing models, and me raring to go. No sooner had I engaged with the essence of the first model and her pose, we were then challenged with a completely new situation with no time to rest, no time to reflect, no time to anticipate how the drawing may evolve. It was a most enjoyable and satisfying session, very intense, and stimulating.
