Here is a drawing I did with a Sharpie while waiting for my student to arrive for a session of figure studio. This was a 5 minute drawing.

Recently I have been giving private art lessons to a college student. A month ago he did not know how to draw the figure. We spent our time drawing the figure in public places around town but they of course were clothed. Tonight we were able to draw from a live model at Silver Circle Studio here in Putnam, CT. We spent two hours with the figure and these are the results.

We started with the structure and worked on proportions.

Then we had longer poses

This is the result of the final pose.

I look forward to his progress as the months go by. Good Job Nils!

Portrait of Model: 6.21.11

The other night I went to figure drawing studio and I was able to capture the portrait of our model. This is a reasonable likeness of him. It felt good to draw from life for once. I usually spend my days drawing in my naive style.

Interior Room Drawing by Mark Schaeffer

Interior Drawing By Joyce Schaeffer

Portrait by Joyce Schaeffer

This drawing was done after 10 class hours.

Hand Drawing by Joyce Schaeffer

Top: Pre-Instruction Drawing of Hand. Bottom: Drawing after 6 hours of instruction

Joyce had taken a drawing class or two before she took my class. Right off the bat I could tell she had sensitive linework. Her confidence in herself is shown by the way she handled her hand drawing after the third class.