Thursday

Painting and Drawing from Life

Rachel, oil on panel, 11" x 14" by Shannon Reynolds
Rachel, oil on panel, 11" x 14"

I've recently discovered a life drawing group offering a regular, three-hour, single-pose session, which allows me the luxury of painting from a live model.  It's great for for forcing a broader, more economical painting style.

And here are some drawings from the regular format life drawing sessions, which typically begin with quick gestures and progress to longer poses:

Jenna, gesture drawing, charcoal on paper, by Shannon Reynolds
Jenna, gesture, vine charcoal on paper

Jenna, gesture, charcoal on paper, by Shannon Reynolds
Jenna, gesture, vine charcoal on paper

Jenna, gesture, charcoal on paper, by Shannon Reynolds
Jenna, gesture, vine charcoal on paper
Portrait, charcoal and chalk on gessoed paper, by Shannon Reynolds
Jenna, chalk and charcoal on gessoed paper
portrait, charcoal and chalk on gessoed paper, by Shannon Reynolds
Govan, chalk and charcoal on gessoed paper

portrait, charcoal and chalk on gessoed paper, by Shannon Reynolds
Govan, chalk and charcoal on gessoed paper

2 comments:

Peintre said...

Hello.
I am a Japanese painter.
I paint a realism painting like you.
I watched your work for the first time.
Particularly, I like your drawing.
Thank you.

Shannon Reynolds said...

Thank you, Peintre! At the moment I'm enjoying drawing much more than painting and hope that some of the easygoing looseness of my drawings can find its way into my paintings, or at least into my experience of painting.