Tuesday, March 15, 2011

watercolor 05

a week ago, on march 7, we painted from a live model! that was my very first experience with painting from a live figure: harder than i thought! 

we did a bunch of 1 and 2-minute burns, then a few 5-minute quick sketches, and then a couple of longer ones, around 30-45 minutes.  took pics of the butcher paper sketches at the end of class.  butcher paper was extremely crinkled, so even the pics came out rough, like the quality of the gesture sketches. 


watercolor on butcher paper

watercolor on butcher paper

watercolor on butcher paper

this is a 30-min sketch, used purple for dark values, yellow for highlights.


watercolor on hot pressed paper

45-min study of values.  built it up from lightest to darkest values with monochromatic shades of purple.  being a painting model is a tough job ... imagine holding a pose for 45 minutes straight!  yikes!



watercolor on hot pressed paper


-cristina

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