Figure Drawing (from last week, shh pretend I remembered)! (Patreon)

Hello Art Nerds!

I left one of my warmups over at Michael's studio last week, which threw me off. I'm so used to scanning & sharing my figure studies immediately after I get home on Wednesdays, it completely slipped my mind to share these after I got the drawing back! (I also had my parents over for the whole week to help me clear out my garage, so things were Not Normal around here.)

We couldn't book a model tonight, though, so luckily I've got last week's forgotten haul to share with you now. :)

Here's the aforementioned forgotten five-minute warmup page!

And the sketch for the final:

I reconnected with my dear old friend Dave Crosland recently, and I told him I'd always been chasing his wonderful use of exaggeration in the human figure. What he's able to pull of is so inspiring!

I'm still many inches' worth of flesh and muscle behind Dave's level, but I was pleased to get a sketch where our model's head is teeny and her feet are sorta ridiculously long.

It didn't translate perfectly to the final page, but I did pull that left foot out like Laffy Taffy, which I enjoyed!

(The first pass of color shapes is always my favorite stage, always where I wish I'd left off...)

Not totally finished, but I really liked the dark greens on this one!

I'm paying more attention to the little post-it note on my lapboard telling me to "look at the shapes the highlights make," and it's paying off...

Love a long weird bloopy foot!

Here's the original if you'd like it! Remember to use DAILYSMILE50 at checkout for your well-earned 50% off, tooooo.

Next week I'll be in San Diego (not for a convention, for a real-actual VACATION?!), but we should be back to regular figure drawing on the 16th! Assuming I don't leave one sheet of paper behind again, and thusly forget to post the whole thing.

See you Friday for dailies! <3