TSA- August 29 2010

Another marathon day at TSA with the morning and afternoon session. Above is another 2.5 hour study to explore the figure with a little more patience. K was the model for the day and did another great job.

Below are some drawings from the morning session.

TSA - Figure Drawing Intensive with Thomas Hendry

I had the pleasure of taking a week long intensive in Figurative Anatomy with Thomas Hendry at the Toronto School of Art from August 23-27. It was awesome.

Thomas is a very thorough instructor with and a very easy going manner. I think all of our brains were going to explode by week`s end.

We explored amongst other things, the skeletal and musculature masses, proportion, balance, foreshortening, heads, hand, feet and the kitchen sink.

I thank Thomas for his help and encourage anyone who wants to learn more about figure drawing to take one of his classes. Below are a few of the studies we did throughout the week.

TSA - August 22nd, 2010

I decided to stay for the afternoon single pose session at TSA for a longer study. The above work is about 2.5 hours and more of a slow exploration of contours. I believe by periodically doing longer studies, that when you return to quicker gestures there is an unconscious retention that carries over. I love the quiet of a Sunday afternoon of drawing..very meditative.

Below are some of my drawings from the morning session.

TSA - August 15th 2010

G was putting another strong performance as model this evening. I do not think my right hand was up to the task..it took me a while to find my stride.

TSA - August 12th 2010

C was posing at TSA tonight. Very defined model. It is sometimes too much information when you see someone with such predominant musculature...simplify, simplify.

TSA - August 5 2010

New model at TSA ,named K. She says she is new to life modeling but is a natural. I have never seen so many triangles in a figure before. It is always very interesting how each model has a certain affinity to certain forms.

TSA July 18 2010

Sunday morning Life Drawing with D. It was not the best morning for myself, my gestures were clunky and non-cohesive. A few of the longer poses at the end started to come to together, but I omitted the chair in one of the drawings and it appears the model is levitating.