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This was not one of my favorite models because he always seemed insecure about posing in the nude, and when a model does that, it transfers over to the person who is drawing, and in turn, the artist feels stifled. However, I guess I did capture his insecurity with the crossing of his hands over his lap and the closed eyes.
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I had a great art instructor, Kaveh, for life drawing. He taught me to look at the human body in various ways. This piece is one of those ways . . . to take it apart and look at all aspects, then rearrange it into something symbolic.
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| I loved drawing from this model. She seemed to feel comfortable about her body, and something about her demanded simplicity to capture her essence. |
| My boredom shows here in trying to draw myself in the nude. I was taking my third life drawing course at the time, and it is difficult to do homework outside of class unless one has enough money to hire a model, or be brave enough to walk up to someone on the street and say, "You have an interesting body, could you please strip so I could draw you in the nude?" Oh well, drawing myself is better than nothing. I drew this when my kids were in their mid to lower teens. I showed the drawing to them and asked what they thought. They cringed and walked away. Understandable. What kid at any age would want to see their mom naked? |
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This is just a small section of the final project for Kaveh's life drawing class. The assignment was to create a piece that related to the title "The River," and it had to be a minimum in physical size of 15 ft. long. It was interesting how varied the final projects were from fellow students, how they interpreted a river. I interpreted it as how one's life flows, so this is a depiction of my family life, from the time I got married, through having children, going back to school, etc. Too bad panoramic cameras weren't around then, I could have got a decent shot of the whole mural; I've since tossed the piece for lack of storage. While creating this piece, for lack of a studio with room to work on something so large, I taped the piece of paper to a basement wall in the rec room, and worked on it for a month on and off, while my kids played pool around my drawing. I think they were thankful when the project was done, so they wouldn't have to worry about getting the eight ball in the corner pocket while possibly damaging my art work in the meantime!
Media: Charcoal and lots of collage material on paper.
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