Dynamic poses, part 2

Another week of figure studies from the Love Life Drawing dynamic set. I feel like I’m making some improvements. I continue to experiment with painting and sketching styles as I work through these. I have found that I like the pictures more as I refine the number of values I choose for light and shadow. On some, such as the picture above, I have been deliberately choosing difficult to handle brushes in an attempt to break myself of a “color in the lines” approach. I don’t know if that’s good, though. Time will tell.

Last weekend I went to the Bill Sienkiewicz exhibit that opened up in Lake County and felt inspired. One of the things that jumped out at me with his works is how little attempt he makes to hide the sketch beneath his paintings. You’ll see that in a few of these, although I’m using a blunt hammer where he is a master surgeon. I love his work so much.