Two Day Drawing Marathon!

Here are a few drawings from David Fox's 2-day 'Drawing Marathon'.

Each day, we warmed up with 5-6 short poses, then did a series of exercises. The best part, for me, was working big and fast. It was a wonderful way to loosen up, and experiment.

Study: "Sandra, Two Ways" (16" x 20" Oil)

In Andrew Lattimore's life painting class, I got to paint our model Sandra twice.  I love her Mona Lisa smile:)

Over 4 weeks, I painted her portrait at right. In week 5,  I painted Sandra 'alla prima'. Here are both paintings, side by side.

3 Studies (16" x 20" Oil Portraits)

I'm in 2 different portrait classes, with very different approaches.

In one class, you have to work FAST ... one 2.5 hour session, and that's it! (examples above). I'm always rushing. In the other class, we have the same model pose for 5 weeks. That feels like too much time -- what I gain in accuracy, I lose in spontaneity!

Not too happy with these studies, but hopefully, with all this practice, eventually I'll improve.