Below are some of the distorted nude life drawings I mentioned previously, that were done purely for myself—art for art's sake as it were. They were drawn with Black Prismacolor coloured pencils in 11" x 14" sketchbooks. I'd done distorted nude drawings in the '80s in school. But, this period in the early '90s, I made a concerted effort to do drawings that weren't tied to my getting a check.
This first drawing is one of the very first I did at the Art Students League. Typically, a drawing session would start with ten one minute drawings to get loosened up, then three five minute drawings, a ten and fifteen, then a twenty-five. I don't recall the amount of time for the various drawings, but, if there's more than one figure, or if there's a lot more detail, figure it was a twenty-five minute drawing.
The four drawings below were of a model named Wilson who posed regularly at the Art Students League for years. Wilson's wife had no idea he was doing nude modeling—Wilson told her he ran the elevator at the League.
The model below (Christine? Christina?) didn't like that I was doing caricatures of her. She would turn away from me. If I moved to change my vantage point, so I could draw her face, she'd turn again. I enjoyed drawing her.
These were quick one minute gestural drawings:
This model was a bit older and had very expressive eyes.
Below are some drawings that played with arbitrary distortion, or finding different ways to fill a page or play with proportion and perspective.
My friend, Steve Brodner, caricaturist/illustrator extraordinaire, paid me the highest compliment after seeing the drawing below. He said, "I've waited my entire life to do a drawing like this."
I have a bunch more I can post, but, figure I'll stop at the image limit for now. Thanks for looking.
This first drawing is one of the very first I did at the Art Students League. Typically, a drawing session would start with ten one minute drawings to get loosened up, then three five minute drawings, a ten and fifteen, then a twenty-five. I don't recall the amount of time for the various drawings, but, if there's more than one figure, or if there's a lot more detail, figure it was a twenty-five minute drawing.
The four drawings below were of a model named Wilson who posed regularly at the Art Students League for years. Wilson's wife had no idea he was doing nude modeling—Wilson told her he ran the elevator at the League.
The model below (Christine? Christina?) didn't like that I was doing caricatures of her. She would turn away from me. If I moved to change my vantage point, so I could draw her face, she'd turn again. I enjoyed drawing her.
These were quick one minute gestural drawings:
This model was a bit older and had very expressive eyes.
Below are some drawings that played with arbitrary distortion, or finding different ways to fill a page or play with proportion and perspective.
My friend, Steve Brodner, caricaturist/illustrator extraordinaire, paid me the highest compliment after seeing the drawing below. He said, "I've waited my entire life to do a drawing like this."
I have a bunch more I can post, but, figure I'll stop at the image limit for now. Thanks for looking.
