More Life Drawing Live opportunities, this time from UK with more challenging poses. The focus was on various masters including Caravaggio and Delacroix, and art themes including Bacchus, Narcissus, Venus and Liberty. Again, all the models were wonderful, some holding particularly difficult poses. Difficult also for the artists to capture, especially within the time constraints.
Liberty was a 19 minute pose. Inspired by the work of Eugène Delacroix. A brave model, with calm and powerful dignity (with a mastectomy), holding a flag. The final pose of the night.
A ‘Caravaggio’ pose of 10 minutes, focussing on the technique of chiaroscuro. Narcissus looking at his own reflection. I didn’t have time to include the ‘reflection’!
A particularly challenging pose to draw within 12 minutes, with the addition of a cello and drapes. Inspired by Welsh portrait artist Augustus John and his painting of professional Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia. We had to try and capture the ‘music’, energy, dynamism and contours of this pose.
A ‘Bacchus’ pose inspired by Belgian artist Michaelina Wautier’s ‘Triumph of Bacchus’. I came in late to this pose, so only had about 7 minutes.
A ‘Venus’ pose of 6 minutes.