The following drawings were made over a period of two weeks. More to follow. . . .
“Blind Mans Buff 18.30 13.11.13 Charcoal & Conte Pastels. Copyright http://www.chriswoodartist.com all rights reserved 13.11.13 drawing not looking at the paper and alternating between using left and right hand
“Blind mans buff 18.45 13.11.13” Charcoal and Conte Pastels Copyright http://www.chriswoodartist.com all rights reserved 13.11.13
“Form, Mass & Contour Drawing 13.11.13” Charcoal and Conte Pastels Copyright http://www.chriswoodartist.com all rights reserved 13.11.13
“Lilly” Mass & Contour charcoal and conte pastels. Copyright http://www.chriswoodartist.com All rights reserved 19.15 : 13.11.13.
“Poetry in Motion” Drawing a constantly moving model. Charcoal on grey sugar paper 841x594mm Copyright http://www.chriswoodartist.com All rights reserved 06.11.13.
“Gesture” 30 and 60 second poses superimposed – drawing just the essence or dynamic of the pose.
Charcoal on grey sugar paper. 841x594mm Copyright http://www.chriswoodartist.com All rights reserved 06.11.13.
“Sleeping Tattoo” Charcoal, Conte Pastel, Procreate & ipad.© http://www.chriswoodartist.com 14.11.13 All rights reserved Chris N Wood.
I always find that my unaccustomed hand draws more truthfully than my educated right hand which draws what it knows to be the way to draw something.
Drawing with the unflavoured hand and not looking at the paper produces some very interesting results – particularly if you keep the charcoal constantly in touch with the paper so that you are pushing uphill as well as drawing towards you or drawing downwards. It’s also interesting to do several “laps” of the contour and then compare the results of each lap. I’ll be teaching some more of this tonight ! All the best ! C