Friday, January 25, 2013

Feel the fear

You've heard the saying, "Feel the fear, and do it anyway"? Yeah, that.

Today's art assignment was ten-minute figure drawing. Even though I'm a prude at heart, I wanted to have the full artist experience, so I browsed both clothed and unclothed models here.

The first picture that said, "Draw me!" appears to be a vintage photo from the flapper era, with the Louise Brooks hair and all. Heck, it may BE Louise Brooks, for all I know. A quick Google search just now indicates that she was not unfamiliar with posing au naturel.

I decided if she could pose it, I could darned well draw it, and I did. Parts of it are a mess (pay no attention to the calves), but parts of it are impressive.

Luckily, I am more enchanted by the good lines than I am annoyed by the bad ones. I was nervous about doing the exercise at all. Just finishing it was a victory, and liking some of it is a wonderful bonus

Even better, it was fun, and I can't wait to do it again.

(Don't know who Louise Brooks was? Look here, and here, and below.)


3 comments:

Aser said...

Very cool, Cheryl.

Once again, you inspire me.

Cheryl said...

Thank you. Glad I could help. Go do something a little crazy - it's fun!

Alexandra said...

"Luckily, I am more enchanted by the good lines than I am annoyed by the bad ones. ... Even better, it was fun, and I can't wait to do it again."

Yaaay! You make me feel excited about drawing, too. Well said again!