Here's a small portrait sketch in oils from last night's life drawing session. The model is our session coordinator and sometime model, Miss Robin. I've been using far more paint of late--applying it thickly, with almost no added medium except what I need to make the paint workable, and drawing directly with the brush instead of relying on a preliminary underdrawing. It's exhilarating.
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| A small portrait sketch in oil on panel (detail) |
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| A portrait sketch of Miss Robin, oil on panel (detail) |
The light in the room where we draw is lit with low pressure sodium lights, which are great for energy efficiency, but terrible for colour rendering accuracy. Under those lights, I lose all perception of the red spectrum, which isn't a problem when I'm drawing, but is a definite challenge when painting. I always emerge from the room with a far more highly saturated painting than what I'd perceived. Last night I paid closer attention to my colour mixes and tried to get the tones right, so the painting isn't quite as far off as usual. Still, it's a little like painting while colour blind. I love the Cambridge life sessions, so maybe I'll look into getting some kind of clip-on light with high colour rendering index to take with me on painting nights.
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A portrait sketch of Miss Robin, oil on panel, 11" x 14"
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