To be good at anything you have to practice and for this to happen you need patience. Dear old patience isn't always my strong point, especially with myself.
I've gone along to life drawing classes in the past and come away placing my efforts straight into the bin. I've found them highly frustrating. Nobody really gave any advice on measurements and placement of features. I've struggled in the past to make things fit and struggled with the confidence to apply things to paper.
I've never actually sat as a life model myself, shying away if asked. I think that's something the world can do without! Although as someone who has attended several classes, I have no problems with the aspect of nudity. It's all about shape and form and the dangly bits barely register on the score! However I am somewhat lacking in the funds to regularly attend a decent class, so the next best option was to draw me, using a mirror.
It was a challenge and it was fairly traumatic. Spending 34 years with myself and rarely finding comfort with my own body brings about problems when you come to sit in front of a mirror for a couple of hours exposing yourself. The lighting was terrible and sitting on the floor was so uncomfortable!!
I've taken it upon myself to entitle this, "Sucking Lemons" as I look so miserable, must be my look of concentration! It is my very first attempt at a self portrait of this kind. I have cropped the picture to exclude dangly bits for your viewing comfort, oh and because we don't know each other very well!
I've gone along to life drawing classes in the past and come away placing my efforts straight into the bin. I've found them highly frustrating. Nobody really gave any advice on measurements and placement of features. I've struggled in the past to make things fit and struggled with the confidence to apply things to paper.
I've never actually sat as a life model myself, shying away if asked. I think that's something the world can do without! Although as someone who has attended several classes, I have no problems with the aspect of nudity. It's all about shape and form and the dangly bits barely register on the score! However I am somewhat lacking in the funds to regularly attend a decent class, so the next best option was to draw me, using a mirror.
It was a challenge and it was fairly traumatic. Spending 34 years with myself and rarely finding comfort with my own body brings about problems when you come to sit in front of a mirror for a couple of hours exposing yourself. The lighting was terrible and sitting on the floor was so uncomfortable!!
I've taken it upon myself to entitle this, "Sucking Lemons" as I look so miserable, must be my look of concentration! It is my very first attempt at a self portrait of this kind. I have cropped the picture to exclude dangly bits for your viewing comfort, oh and because we don't know each other very well!
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