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The Return Of IRL Drawing Group (Patreon)

Published:
2021-05-27 04:14:43
Edited:
2021-05-27 12:35:34
Imported:
2026-09
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The last time I drew with Michael was March of last year. I kept joking that tonight felt like April 2020, like no time had passed. We haven't hung out the whole time in between, but it just feels like business as usual. Luckily not much has happened since then.

I found a ridiculous pile of this confetti paper in my old bedroom, which I'm converting into a sewing room/library (I moved my bed into the old sewing room, a room that is essentially the size of... a bed).

It felt SO good do draw on paper again.

This first 20-minute was probably my favorite.

... although I enjoy the tense hand on this one. We may have started talking about politics.

Look at that crinkle of paper where I erased too hard! Ahhh PAPER!!

I liked this final one, too.

I wish I'd drawn the bandaid in the other drawings. This was her second dose. Sign of the times.

Thanks for being so patient with my inconsistent figure drawings since last year. Drawing via Zoom just isn't the same as in person. I'm so grateful our in-person sessions are back. <3

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Drazi

So beautiful

Andy Ihnatko

Lovely! Was it a different kind of challenge when your model was on a livestream as a 2D image instead of a 3D object in the room with you>

dcorsetto

Good question! Michael and I were talking about the differences! He's been trying to do painting demos over Zoom and it's been difficult; the colors are processed and compressed in a way that removes all subtlety. Funny enough, we both agreed that it works great for drawing; when the aim is to reduce your subject to minimal shapes and values, it's helpful to not see all the subtle shapes and values in between. Just as it is with caricature, it's easier to get a likeness of the subject when you're in person; if someone's features look like they're flat from one angle, you can move your head to see if it's just an illusion (and often the model will do the job for you by shifting or stretching here and there). Though I'm so familiar with drawing Brittany that I think I've got a pretty good shorthand for her face by now. Drawing on PAPER, instead of on an iPad, is what really threw me. I LOVED it. Lately I've been considering dialing back the amount of tablet drawing I do for Elephant Town, because it's a lot easier to see the whole picture when "zoom in" is just "move closer to the paper, but continue to have the rest of the page in your peripheral vision." Creates a more unified experience than zooming in to one section, and zooming out to see if it fits with its surroundings. Does that make sense?

David Neale-Lorello

That's interesting! One of my first thoughts when I saw these was that they seemed to have even more loving attention in them than usual -- I wonder if that was from your familiarity with the model?

Andy Ihnatko

Totally! And it's interesting to think about how one's skill and experience level affects their attitude towards their tools. I still primarily sketch on my iPad, because it helps me to cultivate basic skills that I don't think I have yet. You _have_ those skills and now, (I would guess) most of your brain is free to focus on execution.

dcorsetto

I like your suspicion, but admittedly my first thought was "these were much longer poses than usual!!"