I made a quick portrait study yesterday during a class I’m taking with Maud Taber-Thomas. I hadn’t been able to attend for several weeks and was happy to be back.
Dozing Damsel. Oil on Arches Oil Paper.
During the first class, Maud had recommended as homework that we draw a series of skulls, each in a different position. I was tickled to have found online an inexpensive, life-size plastic model. I brought it in yesterday to show, along with the drawings I’d done. You can catch a glimpse of the skull herself in the last post, where she’s shown modeling for the painting.
Skull drawings. Charcoal. (Doesn’t that one at middle left look like Donald Duck?)
wooh! spooky
I’ll say! Too bad I didn’t think to haul these out on Halloween!
Nice work Maureen! You’ve inspired me to do some studies!
Thanks, Debra. It’s always good to do studies — but hard to get around to doing them!
I love these, you do such nice work when you are with Maud. I remember doing drawing after drawing of cattle skulls when I took drawing 101 at Montgomery college. I never wanted to see another cattle skull!
A human one would have been more interesting….for vanitas still life’s….
Thanks, Sara. Yes, the skull is fun. Where did they get the cattle skull at MC? The ones I saw online were pretty pricy or not very good. I was just watching an online video last night of someone drawing from a wooden, adjustable horse model. Now that looked wonderful!