Fredericksburg Figure Drawing: March 2014

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Beat Goes On

I've been reading Juliette Aristides book, Lessons in Classical Drawing. She talks a lot about the rhythm of the line, how alternating between straight and curved lines, between lost and found edges and between dark and light areas creates action in your drawing and pause points for the eye to rest. Also, "each choice you make when putting pencil to paper has visual implications. Not enough unity and you have chaos. Too much unity and you get bored." She suggests playing with the thickness and thinness of lines, "this creates a lively variation of line ... not copying nature in detail, but in essence."

Our thanks to Breanne for her wonderful poses last night.

Susan Ishii

Carolyn Cameron

Ed King

Katya Kirsten

Matt Austin

Susan Ohle

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Monday, March 17, 2014

Snowed Out

Life drawing will be cancelled for tonight. It's still snowing and parking in town is always a bigger problem than the roads.

Stay warm and I hope to see you all on March 24th. Once again - COME ON SPRING!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Blast

It was a great night with a good crowd of artists. Our thanks to Chris for wonderful, inspiring poses. Also, a special thank you to Matt for recording our frustration with a dynamic pose!

We are expecting another "Arctic Blast" to come through - in fact, it's probably snowing as you read this! Check the blog before you leave for drawing to make sure we're still on for tonight. Emily will be posing if the snow misses us.

Thanks to all who continue to support our "cause" to keep life drawing available to everyone.