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| 9/13/18 10-min. pose |
I hadn’t been to a Gage life drawing
session since June. It took me at
least the first two hours to feel like my hand and arm had finally warmed up,
but even after another hour, I didn’t find my mojo. Whenever I go back to life
drawing after a summer hiatus (I can’t bear to draw indoors when the weather is
beautiful), I feel rusty for weeks. That’s the way it is with the practice of practice – it has to be continuous.
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| 10-min. pose |
During the spring and summer when I
was sketching houses in my neighborhood
regularly, I think my architectural drawing skills improved. But now that I can’t
sketch outdoors much anymore, I’ll probably be rusty by the time I resume my series
again.
I know it’s not possible to practice
everything all the time, but after a long break, I wish I could just pick up
where I left off. It doesn’t seem to work that way, though. Fortunately, the
ground I lose isn’t permanent. The more regularly I go to life drawing, the
easier and faster it will be to get back to where I was.
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| 2-min. poses |
I find the same thing happens to me. If I haven't done figures it takes so long to get back in the groove...and don't get me started on what happens with portraits. lol
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm sure portraits are even harder than whole bodies!
DeleteIt's only mid-September and you already started life drawing?! The 2-minute poses look great. I like the loose strokes. I'm going to do some regular classes starting next week, too.
ReplyDeleteIt was cold that day, so I went, but we've been having a few really nice and sunny days this week, so I'll probably skip it if it's sunny again tomorrow! ;-)
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