A Bad Drawing

I went back to the Met after work tonight to have a relaxing evening of sketching.
With charcoal, again.

I found a nice secluded spot back in one of the Greco-Roman galleries, with a moon goddess bust.

This is not a good drawing and I don't care.

It doesn't matter because 1) I showed up which in itself is amazing and 2) it's just practice and 3) who cares.

One of the really important things about being good at anything is failure.

Not everything has to be good.

I also finished at 8:52 and the Met closes at 9.

So I had to get out of there.

I would like to go back for a second attempt, maybe in graphite.

Please note the (rather brilliant if I do say so) kneaded eraser "cage" around my tools.

She really is beautiful; I do need to go back.

More pictures:

Onion Vase at the Met

One of my boathouse friends wants to get back into art, and I'm really good at helping people with that.
Se, we went to the Met together tonight to sketch.  We both brought charcoal.

I haven't worked in charcoal forever!

Isn't this onion vase wonderful?

I'm pretty sure this old vessel was the basis for Shrek's character design....

Van Gogh says hi!

Wednesday Drawing with Beth

Yesterday I had Parent Teacher meetings so I couldn't go to drawing... but Beth had a live model in her class tonight, and she invited me!

It was really lovely.

The model is Tori Hey, and she is a professional ballerina here in NYC.  She's an amazing model.

20 min poses, graphite

20 mins charcoal, still warming up here....

30 second gestures with my Derwent Paint Pans

Pebbles helped hindered me. 

Figure Drawing, In-Person!

I went back to in-person figure drawing for the first time since before covid.

It was weird.

It took me a long time to get used to Zoom figure drawing, now I have to re-acclimate and get used to in-person figure drawing.
It's a different coordination.

I don't know why it felt so awkward, it's not like i haven't been working from direct life with all the plein airing....

Short poses mostly.

Assorted mediums.

Wednesday Drawing!

The celebrity psychic Richard Lael Lillard modeled for us again.

He had a ghost in the lamp and a mysterious creature under the couch, so I put them in the 1 hour pose

graphite

Here's the 20 minute pose, vine charcoal

Richard liked my drawing so much he is using it on his Facebook page!

Isn't that fun?

I'm sending him the drawing, too, because it's better with him to be enjoyed rather than just living in my sketchbook.

Wednesday Drawing

More Game of Thrones!
I was pretty happy with my work tonight.

7 mins, 20 mins, 1 hour poses

Actual Knight in Shining Armor!

We had an actual knight in shining armor in drawing!

@just_a_jouster on Instagram, check him out!

20 mins

45 mins

Wednesday Drawing

2 drawings from weds, 30 mins and 20 mins.

Charcoal and graphite.

We are still going through The Mists of Avalon.

Wednesday Charcoal & Moderna #2

I got my second Moderna shot this afternoon.
I didn't even feel it. Nothing.
The first one hurt and the second..... like nothing even happened.  
I hope i feel ok tomorrow.

Here's the 45 minute pose from tonight:

(the model's cat joined in.)

Sunday Drawing with Furball

I didn't do anything today, not a thing, except go to drawing.

So I guess that's something.

20 minutes

charcoal

1 hour

graphite

Furball and Isis were in the window.  Furball thought drawing was more interesting than whatever was happening outside.