Taking My Time at Life Drawing

This morning at life drawing I was in the zone and taking my time. I didn’t “finish” a lot of drawings but that isn’t a big deal to me, these life drawing session are for the study of the figure not a race to figure out how to make a sellable drawing in 30 minutes or less.

I believe that the figure is the most engrossing subject matter that I work from currently. There is no other subject that I get as lost in rendering. Which introduces a bit of a dilemma, I’m not wealthy enough to hire a figure for long term poses for some master work that I haven’t thought up yet. So how am I going to make the figure a big part of my artistic journey if I have to rely on group studio sessions? Hopefully photos will be a good alternative.

Taking my time at life drawing: warmup — warmup

Taking my time at life drawing: 1.5 minute gestures — 1.5 minute gestures

Taking my time at life drawing: 5 minute poses — 5 minute poses

Taking my time at life drawing: 15 minute pose — 15 minute pose

Taking my time at life drawing: 30 minute pose — 30 minute pose

Session Details

Session: 1114
Work: 940
Width: 18
Height: 24
Medium: Charcoal
Art Time: 3 hrs

Charcoal, Figure, Life drawing, Open Studio

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.