You go to a life drawing class or session and the model sits STILL for a couple of hours for you to draw…piece o’ sponge cake!
Here’s how to kick it up several notches: watch an action adventure film – oh, say, Terminator 2 – and try to draw a character who doesn’t sit still (no pausing the movie because you’re watching it with your family).
And draw in a medium you can’t erase well (or at all, in my case, as you can see), like charcoal.
That’s how you get your adrenaline flowing in more ways than one!
But, seriously, I recommend life drawing classes instead.
Nice Teresa!!!!! Girl, you got your groove on for sure in this one!! I’ve been trying this with the baseball games and the players are hardly ever closeup….I know how tough this was to do!! Way to go, lady!! 💜💜💜
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Thanks so much, Laura! ❤ I also try to sketch the contestants when I watch Jeopardy. I may post some of those in this blog. 🙂
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Awesome, I hope you do!
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Sooooo talented!
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You are so talented. I am in awe.
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That’s awesome, T!
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Aww, thanks, Cindy!
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Thank you, Robyn, dear!
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Thanks, Catherine! 🙂
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Mmm, sponge cake. Oh wait, that wasn’t’ the comment I was planning on making. Fantastic drawing, even without you telling us who it is, you can definitely tell. And I’m sure live action figures are much more interesting models.
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It depends on the model. 😉
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Cool! I used to model for drawing classes when I was in college. Boring as heck, but paid better pretty well.
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Fantastic. Im not sure if I could get up a sketch this good if my subject was not sitting still. Nice one Teresa.
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And I used to participate in psych expts for money back at university…I think you made the smarter choice, Maureen! 😀
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Thanks, Kath! I’m going to do a short post to talk about that today, I think. I hope I’ll be able to offer a bit of good advice. 🙂
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What talent. I love your sketch!
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Thanks very much, Pat! I’ve always loved to do portraits.
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nice exercise for all artists YES! but try another….kids at a play ground! (with permission from parents so you don’t get arrested!) or school etc. fast gesture sketches. REALLY get to know kids. Another is to look at a subject, probably still, and draw it without looking at paper…AT ALL! or lifting the pencil….AT ALL! learn a lot that way. And yet another great one, draw ONLY the negative spaces…NOT the objects. Again, helps you SEE and get the essence of something. 😉
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I’ve tried all those things except the first in an art class I took in grade 11. 🙂 I still have my sketch book with all those exercises! Then, when my kids were little, I tried to draw them while they were running around…worked better while they were napping, I discovered. LOL!
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