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Friday, 19 September 2014

HUMAN FIGURE WORKSHOP

You may have heard of Port Sunlight Village.  Well there is a gallery there of some repute!  To top it all they have had free workshops there this summer.  I have just been to the latest.  They have just had an exhibition concerning Rossetti's Obsession: Images of Jane Morris (his muse).  Beautiful drawings there were too.  Mostly pastel.

Hence the pastel workshop of the Human Form.  

We covered classical Greek and Roman dimensions, stick men, cylindrical men, shaded figures and finally a pastel painting of the tutor.  All in 3 hours.

Here are some of the working papers.

This is my sketch of Chris, a friend who went with me. 10 mins sketch

I love this, it is my frriend Martine's, drawing of me.

The classical dimensions and basic shapes.

My pastel drawing of the tutor.  His legs are faded out and not 5ft long!!  20 min sketch

I learnt such a lot in 3 hrs.  Steve Hersey was a very good teacher, and I thank him.


Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

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8 comments:

  1. Capt Elaine Magliacane19 September 2014 at 09:50

    Oh I would so like to get better sketching people...these are fabulous

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  2. Lydie19 September 2014 at 12:39

    Great work in 3 hours! I really like the first and last ... and your signature ;)

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  3. Helen H Trachy19 September 2014 at 13:08

    Hi Polly! Good job! I find human figures the hardest of all but the results are rewarding. Have a lovely weekend.

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  4. Jane20 September 2014 at 00:42

    Goes to show what a fine hand for drawing you have !

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  5. Lorraine Brown20 September 2014 at 02:16

    Hats off to you Polly, you tackle any subject and succeed.

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  6. Polly Birchall20 September 2014 at 14:24

    Thank all. There is always something new to learn and practice is always a pleasure.

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  7. Rita Vaselli23 September 2014 at 13:46

    Three hours of extraordinary concentration that gave excellent results !!!

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  8. Barbra Joan29 September 2014 at 15:14

    ART is FUN ! hey thanks for the visit to my blog... almost done with the challenge..

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