I attended a Real life Life drawing session on Saturday. It was at The Art Room in Footscray in Melbourne. I have been twice in person in previous years and a few of their Zoom sessions in lockdown. This session involved me catching a tram and train, so was another big adventure. It was so special to do something normal. I had such a wonderful time. It was also a great atmosphere to be a room full of creative people.
There were 20 people sketching. We all wore masks except the model (by general agreement) .
I was able to purchase A1 (big) paper on the spot – For the quick sketches, I used thinner newsprint and thicker cartridge paper for the two long sessions. This is a wonderful service as I don’t have this at home and don’t want to be storing it there. There was also a variety of art materials to use on the day – different thicknesses of charcoal and different colours. For the last two longer sketches I used my watercolour pencils.
5 x two minute poses
two x five minute poses
Two x ten minute poses
Two twenty minute poses
Wow! They are some sketches and real life they are! I like that you also took photos of the Art room and your grubby hand. That must have been quite a day.
I thought that people who have not been to life drawing might like to see the room set up. All those easels. I chose to use charcoal – it is so messy. I end up with it on my face too, when I put my hand up to my face .