Figure Sketches from September ('14) - II

These are also (mostly) from September, on A3 size pages and using a host of dry media e.g. charcoal, compressed charcoal, conte, hard pastel etc.

Unless otherwise mentioned, the ref sources are unknown to me at this time, but as always... I'm sincerely grateful to the photographers/models for helping extend my learning - Many thanks!

The above three sketches reference the model posing in a figure-drawing demo video by A. Pijet on Youtube. Thank you!

The face looked over-worked and digustingly 'un-fresh'. So I blurred it :/

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Figure sketches from September ('14)

A host of sketches made in September, using all kinds of dry media - charcoal, pastel, hard pastel, compressed charcoal, etc.

Refs are from Croquis Cafe artist resources (OnAirVideo.com). Many thanks!

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Sculpture study, plus...

I may be adding more to this particular thread... but for now, here's a charcoal/graphite study of a sculpture. This is from the Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens at Argentina.

A2, charcoal pencils and graphite, pastel for background.

Image ref by kind courtesy of Brian Grossman (legalizeeverything in Deviantart).

These older pics below... which I've recently discovered in an old folder. I've no idea if I'm reposting these, nor about the reference image source of at least the first one (so I heartily thank whomever it was for helping me with these studies)

And this one, is a study after a Lucian Freud painting...(hard pastels, water-solubles) No idea about size, probably A3.

Drapery studies and 'two graces'

 A couple of drapery studies, followed by a study of Rubens' 'Three Graces' (only two were drawn though!). As regards the drapery, I was being aware of the form underneath, while trying to understand the logic of the 'flow/fall' of the overlying drapery, and also how the thickness of the cloth influences both form and flow.

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Ref images by kind courtesy of - 1) Jamari Lior (jlior) and 2) Lockstock, in Deviantart.
                                     

Assorted studies, May-Jun '14 (*** Updated)

(*** UPDATED with a few close-ups below...)

Assorted figure studies from May and early June. All on A3 size paper using a variety of dry media - charcoal, pastel, hard pastel, watersoluble lead etc.

My heartiest gratitude to the various reference sources, who are unknown to me and hence couldn't be named. All credit for original refs belong to them. I thank them for helping extend my learning and would be very happy to acknowledge individually if contacted.

Kindly click to view in full size (one large combo image broken into two).

A few close-ups added later... (please click to view in full size)