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The first and only time I took a figure drawing class,
it seemed like self-inflicted torture. Drawing the human figure was (still is)
one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done, and for most of the time I spent
in that intensive weekend workshop, I kept saying to myself, “I paid to do this…?
Voluntarily? Of my own free will?”
But by the end of the workshop, I had started seeing just
enough improvement that the torture turned into its own reward. I actually began
to enjoy it.
That was about eight months ago. Since then, I’ve participated
in several life drawing open studio sessions at Gage, and today I attended one
at Anita Lehmann’s studio. There’s still an element of self-inflicted torture
and the moment in every session when I think to myself, “I could leave anytime…
no one is holding a gun to my head…” Yet somehow, I stay, and I always
eventually get to that point when the torture turns into reward.
How great that you are taking a class! I haven't done one in figures in a long time (35+years). You did great with the body proportions. Yes, you could have left...but we are brave. You go, girl!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joan! I guess I'm a figure-drawing masochist! ;-)
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