The long and the short of it.

Short pose 5 minutes charcoal pencil.

One hour pose conte sanguine.

Tuesday Takeaway

On Tuesday we were using charcoal prepared paper and then lifting the lights with an eraser. First though three quick ones. Three minutes each in charcoal and charcoal pencil. All drawings on A2.

Then some practice with the lifting, two 5 minute drawings.

Long pose more of the same though I didn't use the charcoal pencil. About 1 hour.

Linear damping

Long pose 50 minutes conte pencil.

Different strokes

Different kinds of short drawings on Tuesday. First two 3 minutes in charcoal using the wrong (left) hand.

Then two 2 minute continous line in felt-tip pen.

Finally a one minute charcoal pencil.

Long pose in charcoal pencil, just under one hour.