Our excercises tonight at Atelier class began normally, sketching an actor called Tom, in 5, 10 and 15 minute poses.
It wasn’t working for me. Hopeless. Then the Chef d’Atelier said, let’s try with the wrong hand, use your other hand. This is the result.
The last time I went to Saturday life-drawing club, I took my iPad in to paint from life.
It’s so great to return to my local Life Drawing Club after the holidays. [It only costs £10, the models are good and nobody tells you what to do - my idea of great]. It was full to capacity, with lots of talented people and it’s a pleasure to catch up with them in the half-time coffee break. This is my charcoal sketch.
January Nude in Charcoal by JC Hall
Life drawing club started up again today after the summer break. Keeping it simple, I only took my sketchpad and charcoal with me – and a soft eraser of course (invaluable).
I think I’m getting better. I took the photo with my phone- as always it casts a blue tint over what should be cream/white, but I quite like that.
Nude in Charcoal on paper, September
My mother Leslie Caron came with me to the life drawing club yesterday, and her charming drawing in charcoal and Conté white is making a guest appearance here. She has not drawn for thirty years or so, but she used to paint quite a lot, and I have a beautiful painting by her hanging on my wall at home.
She finished this sketch with a flourish, stepped back to see what she had done and shrieked ’mais elle est unijambiste! ‘ She’d forgotten to draw the second leg.
Sketch by Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron’s autobiography Thank Heaven has just been published in French and the English version can be found here:
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/leslie+caron/thank+heaven-/8175172
