Entry for April 19, 2015

I went over to the ARC studio on the Sunday. July was working, and this is a 2.25 hour study. Materials are graphite, ink washes and some Pitt oil-based pencil for detail shading, on an 18 x 24" sheet of Strathmore watercolour paper.
In lieu of one `magic bullet' material that makes everything work, I'm finding that different materials can lend themselves to different parts of doing a drawing.
The fine mechanical pencil line is good for the initial laying-up of proportion/perspective on a smaller paper size; washes establish broad value zones and the more coloured-pencil texture of the oil pencils allows for specificity within values.
My drawing is still rusty, and the composition here is a little too static:a small centered cluster of body shapes and a lot of white space, with an awkward balance of the ladder isn't working so well as a picture, at least yet. Cropping may be the answer here, and developing a little more in the way of background texture and value.

2nd entry for April 8, 2015

These are two 5-minute studies above, a couple of 10-minute ones and a 15-minute study at the bottom. All are done with pitt pen and ink washes. The top four sheets are Canson Recycled Sketch, and the bottom one is a 14 x 17" sheet of Canson Watercolour paper.

1st entry for April 8, 2015

On the Wednesday night I went out to the Art Bar session at the Gladstone Hotel. Ginamaria was working that night. These are a couple of sheets of 1-minute and 3-minute studies, and a couple of 5-minute ones on the lowest sheet.
All are Pitt pens on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper. The last one has some washes of India ink added during the break.
There were a couple of good moments of drawing, but the heavy work load I had meant that I've been getting rusty.

3rd entry for April 3, 2015

There was a final costume change and a few more long poses to wrap up the Dr. Sketchy's session. At to is 5 mins, then two 10-minutes and a 15-minute study below.
The top oone is on 18 x 24" Canson Recycled Sketch paper, the 2nd is on a 14 x 17" sheet of Canson Watercolour paper and the lower two are on 18 x 24 sheets of Canson XL series watercolour paper.
The line drawing is Pitt pen, and the other three below it are graphite,Pitt medium-point pen and ink washes.

2nd entry for April 3, 2015

These are three 5-minute studies up top, two 10-minute ones below that, and a 15-minute one at the bottom.
The 5's are Pitt pen on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper. The 10's are on 14 x 17" sheets of Canson watercolur paper, and the 15 is on 18 x 24" Canson XL Series watercolour paper.

1st entry for April 3, 2015

 The 3rd was the first Friday of April. In spite of falling on Good Friday, the monthly Dr. Sketchy's session took place at Round Venue in Kensington. The model for this month was burlesque performer Tiny B Hiney, who was working on a Roaring 20's flapper sort of flavour.
The Sketchy's sessions continue to be a good challenge, trying to shoehorn costume and character into really short timespans. These are three sheets of 1-minute studies, and three at 2 minutes. As usual, the first few studies are the time to get into my drawing groove, and quality of line, form and likeness swerves around. These days I don't worry about that at all, as that just gets in the way. Some slip into focus, but the exercise and limbering up is the most important thing.
These are all on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper, done with a Sakura Graphic 2 pigment pen.

3rd entry for March 27, 2015

Above are two studies done with graphite pencil, Pitt Pen and Derwent Inktense pencil for tonal washes. They are on 14 x 17" sheets of Canson Watercolour paper.
Below is a 20-minute study, graphite, Pitt pen, and graduated Chinese ink washes on an 18 x 24" sheet of Canson XL Series  watercolour paper.
On the longer drawings, some preliminary sketching with a mechanical pencil helps with proportions.

2nd entry for March 27, 2015

These are 10-minute studies, Pitt pen and ink washes on 14 x 17" sheets of Canson Watercolour paper, I believe.

1st entry for March 27, 2015

On the Friday night Sidney was at the TSA. These are three pages of 1-minute studies at top and some 5-minute ones below that. All have Pitt pen on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.
The bottom four also have some india ink washes, delivered via waterbushes.

Entry for March 20, 2015

Friday night, and Carmina was at the TSA drawing session. The top sketch is Pitt pen on Canson Recycled Sketch paper.
The rest are mixes of graphite pencil, Derwent Inktense watersoluble pencil crayon and some Chinese ink washes.
The second and third studies are 15 minutes each and on 14 x 17" Canson Watercolour paper, and the lower two are 20 minutes each on 18 x 24" Canson XL watercolour paper

2nd entry for March 16, 2015

These are some 5-minute line and wash studies, and two 10-minute wash studies below. The first four are on 18 x 18" Canson Recycled Sketch paper, and the lower two are on some 14 x 17" Canson Watercolour paper.