I delighted in treating myself to an online life drawing session with my favourite art school this week: St Ives School of Painting. The session was hosted by Gary Long, who regards the life drawings of David Park, one of the San Francisco Bay Area painters as a key influence on his own work. Indeed, Gary nearly studied in San Francisco himself before his life took him to another part of the world to study instead. Gary focused on the life drawing techniques of David Park during this session.
The first part of the session started with loose outlines in pencil, as we were encouraged to view these as preliminary drawings for any paint that may be overlaid afterwards. These are my drawings:
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This month’s online life drawing session was Klimt-themed from the St Ives School of Painting. Our Tutor, Tom Rickman had organised a fabulous series of poses with Kerry, our model. It felt as if I hadn’t used pastels for such a long time and it was simply glorious to do so.
All drawings were in charcoal and pastels, and I used textured watercolour paper throughout. Here are my drawings from the rest of the session:
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The Diebenkorn-inspired life drawing session by the School of Painting, St Ives was simply delightful. Led by Gary Long, I learned about the 1960s San Francisco Bay Area figurative movement (who included Diebenkorn) and their style of life drawing.
Gary Long taught me in a week-long life drawing workshop several years ago in St Ives. His invaluable tuition has remained with me and in my life drawing practice to this day. It was fabulously inspiring to be taught by him again, even for a short couple of hours.
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A recent online life drawing from the School of Painting, St Ives focused on the style of the Pre-Raphaelite artists. Led by Hilary Jean Gibson, it was wonderful to learn and practice a few of the different poses and styles of this period.
You can see my other sketches here: Lynne Forrester, Artist: Life Drawings inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites – Lynne Forrester Artist
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I tuned in to a life drawing session from the
School of Painting, St Ives last weekend. The theme for this time was Matisse’s use of patterns to create space and form. Alice Mumford encouraged us to draw in ink, using a stick or similar wooden implement. I found a broken end of a paintbrush that used to belong to my great-aunt Amy that worked well.
Alice Mumford’s enthusiasm was, as always, deliciously infectious and utterly inspiring – and I rediscovered the ink medium as a source of delight!
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