Twice a year the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan has a Draw-A-Thon as a fundraiser and the NYC Urban Sketchers usually attend. It starts at 9 AM and ends at 5 PM. There are two large rooms set up with models. One has nudes and the other has costumed models. Once you pay your admission you can sketch for as long as you want during those times. It is grueling to sketch that whole time, so my friend, Suzala, and I got there about noon and sketched until about 4:30.
I started off in the room with the nude models. This one woman captured my attention. She was big and had a shape that was fun to sketch. There were some 2, 5, and 10 minute poses. The first two pages were the quick poses and were done mostly in watercolor pencils and are very light so they don't show all that well.
These were done with my Elegant Writer pen and each was a 10 minute pose.
Then I moved into the cafeteria where the costumed models were posing. This particular model held the same pose all day so that people could do a complete painting of her. She had great dreadlocks. This probably took me about an hour.
Next I sketched the people around me in the room as well as the two other models who were doing what I believe were 15 minute poses. The one in the black and white on the left did several costume changes but the one more toward the middle I only saw in one outfit.
Boy, you captured a lot in your half day. Wow. I like the artists at the end. You are so good!
ReplyDeleteJo, thank you. It was a fun day, but exhausting.
DeleteI think this is similar to the Drawing Jam event I go to every year. Looks like it was a lot of fun! The nude model had some dynamic poses that you captured well.
ReplyDeleteI haven't checked in here in a long time, but wanted to see your life drawings. You did a great job, and it's wonderful that you got the opportunity to join the Draw-a-thon. I love the sketch of all the artists sketching.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mickey. It is fun to do models every once in a while. They do the Draw-A-Thon twice a year and we've been going the last few times.
DeleteWow - what a lot of sketching to do! Nice work Joan
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to see how many you can do. Some models hold the poses longer than others so you can see which you'd rather do.
DeleteYou were definitely up to the challenge, Joan! These are great! Thanks for sharing your sketches and your day:)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Chris. There were a lot of sketching options.
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