Wednesday 2 May 2012

Life drawing with James Horton

charcoal on paper (A3)

I went to my first life drawing class, which was led by James Horton, president of the Royal Society of British Artists.  I can now understand why artists draw from the nude figure - it is immediately obvious when mistakes are made!  It was so helpful to get immediate feedback about how to improve my drawing.  James helped me work on getting a sense of form and volume by using some well placed strokes.  Although I understood his points, in practice it will take a lot of drawings before I am able to achieve them!

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