More Long Poses

I've been learning quite a bit about how artists actually think. They think through the abstract. By doing this they are not drawing an arm but a shape, they are not drawing the shadow from the arm but a shape.  By doing this, they use the right side of the brain, the creative side.  The left side of the brain, the literal side, can't interfere because nothing about it is literal; its no longer an arm or a leg but a shape and a form.  Time passes by really quickly this way too haha.  Also through squinting, we see the abstract and not the minuscule details that don't matter and will get the tones more correct.  Its all quite fascinating :)

Head and Hand Studies

Guardian of the Mountain

A sketch i did in my sketchbook but refined on my tablet.  I started with just a shape and developed into this stegosaur-type dragon.  Old and Wise, a guardian of the mountains and maybe there are more of them, a council perhaps????

Javert's Suicide

I was listening to one song from Les Mis called "Javert's Suicide" and decided to draw a few quick sketches while listening to it.  The two don't necessarily have the same design.  The premise is he is deciding whether or not he should live on do to his confusion of how Jean Valjean let him go free, questioning if Valjean's "crimes should be reprieved." Inspector Javerts world was black and white now the "stars are black and cold..."

Long poses

the 1st one was i think 40 minutes, but may have been 60 and the last two were 20 minutes

Cube and Sphere

Charcoal on toned paper

Long Pose

This is a digital painting I did on my Ipad at my figure drawing club the other night.  It was my first time trying it out and no its not great by no means but i found it rather fun and hope to get better at it and hopefully do one with color involved. About 2 and a half hours with about 10 minute breaks every 20 minutes. or something like that anyways.