So on Tuesday, Dr Sketchy’s hosted another of their figure drawing workshops at the studio I work at. It’s something I look forward to since it’s hard to attend figure drawing workshops because of work. So having a figure drawing workshop come to you is a big plus.  Hopefully it becomes a regular thing at the studio because I am definitely rusty at it.  Check out more drawings by the other titmice on our group blog @ http://titbloginc.blogspot.com.

The sad truth about drawing is that if you don’t use it, you lose it.  I found myself trying to remember how to draw during a figure drawing session last Thursday.  Although a lot of struggling was involved, it’s always refreshing when you get to draw for your own enjoyment.  5 min poses with brush pen and color pencil.

So a few weeks ago, Dr Sketchy’s hosted one their figure drawing workshops at the studio I work at.  It’s always refreshing when you get to draw something unrelated to the show or project you’re working on.  It has been such a long while since I drew with a live model as there was quite a bit of struggling during the 3 hour session.  The drawings were done in marker and brush pen.  To see some drawings by my fellow titmice, check out our group blog  @ http://titbloginc.blogspot.com.

Question:  What’s the best way to ruin a good sketchbook?

Answer:  By not drawing in it everyday.

I went to Porto’s Bakery in Burbank yesterday to do some sketching with some friends: Mike Moloney, Grif Kimmins, Maha Tabikh & Angelo Di Nallo.  Funny thing about drawing from life: if you don’t practice it enough, you forgot a whole bunch of stuff.  There are quite a few pages in my sketchbook that have fallen victim to that reality.

If you’re looking for a great place to do some people sketching, Porto’s is great because it’s very busy with people.  You get a wide array of people to sketch whenever you go there.  Anyhoo, a lot of the time spent was trying to remember the approach to people sketching.   After a few hours, I was able to muster up some decent pages.  Hopefully, I can get back into the habit of doing more sketching from life.  It challenges your observational skills and it’s sometimes fun too.  Cheers.

Last night was my first life drawing class in a long time.  Being on hiatus from work makes it so much easier to attend classes.  However, you start to realize how rusty you are at life drawing when you haven’t done it in a few months.  Last night’s drawing session was a lot of trial and error plus a bit of anguish.  Anyhoo, these drawings were the survivors as I tried to shake out the rust for 3 hours.  Cheers.