Art Class Part 3

[kaitou]

I suppose now that it's Thursday I should probably get around to posting about my art class on Monday, though I don't know that anyone's actually all that interested. ^^;; No major drama this time, but we did have the following conversation...
Teacher: I know what you did wrong last time! You were using pastels, not charcoal, weren't you? That's why it wouldn't lift out!!
Me: No, I was using charcoal.
Teacher: HMMMMM!!!!
Me: I really think you're thinking about this too much.
(later)
Teacher: AHA! You're using compressed charcoal! You should be using vine charcoal. You see, the difference is....
Me: I know what vine charcoal is. But this is what I HAVE.

Lucky for me Hobby Lobby was having a 1/3 of all charcoal sale this week. (no, really!) So next time I'll have the proper sort of materials for him. Guy model WAS really hot, just like the teacher promised. I decided that since I'm posting these on the net I might as well keep all the drawings instead of wiping each pose out as we went.

First the models do a series of quick 2 minute poses, and we basically do stick figures with ambition. These I did wipe out between poses since there were so many. But I went back in photoshop and tried to sketch the lines back in a bit. There's actually two more poses in there, but I couldn't find them again later.



Then the model does a few more poses, these about 15 minutes a piece, so you have a little more time to put in some shadows.

This is where we had an argument about which charcoal I was using, and I ended up borrowing vine charcoal from another student.

And the last pose lasts about 40 minutes and is supposed to be the most 'finished.' I didn't really care for this one much, but that had as much to do with the pose as with my actual drawing...and I was out of the good charcoal at this point, and I really COULD tell a difference. (yeah yeah, enough with the excuses you say)

Comments

[exgentlemen.livejournal.com]

Guy model WAS really hot, just like the teacher promised.

I apologize in advance for doing this but I really can't resist... How hot WAS he?

You do have all the luck, a third off all charcoals is a somewhat unique find. (Even for an art store.)

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I've been hanging out with Twig too long, so my first thought is "Hot like Suns are Hot!" He's going to model for us again later this summer. Maybe I'll have improved enough that you'll be able to SEE how hot he is. ^^;; Weirdly, I thought he was much hotter in clothes...gorgeous leather jacket. And then when he left his girlfriend was waiting for him, and he *bounced* "I didn't know you were coming!" and kind of skipped over. And all I could think was "OMG!!1! Most Adorable puppy EV4R!"

[exgentlemen.livejournal.com]

Damn, that is just adorable.