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Sylvia Evans

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Try a 8 B . 

Tessa Gwynne

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I love an 8B!

Alan Bickley

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Progressing nicely Denise, graphite is fine of course, I prefer thin charcoal sticks on A2 size paper, newsprint in pad format is good because it is off-white and you can use white chalk for the highlights. If I was tutoring you, I would encourage you to use multiple lines while you’re constructing your image, strengthening the line you want to show as the final one. It’s a lot easier in my opinion than cautiously trying to find a single accurate line… Easier to demonstrate than discuss! See Rembrandt for more information, it’s how many of the great masters worked! Also, it’s great to see what I call ‘working lines’ on a drawing, and they should never be erased… they are an integral and often interesting part of the drawing!

Sylvia Evans

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One I did from my head I was thinking back to childhood and children’s games. 

Denise Cat

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Thanks all, yes I did have an 8B. It's very alien to me being in a class and being taught I have to say but I am enjoying it. I'm finding my feet to be honest and we will be looking at anatomy next week. After that, I think I'll be putting my own spin on things. I'll take some charcoal and pastels I think. Maybe not concentrate on too much detail because there is no time for it and some lines are more important than others.

Sylvia Evans

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Good to hear that you are enjoying it Denise.  I started a local group many years ago and it’s still going.   We never had a tutor and evolved our own regime.   ( to be fair we would  all of us argued with a tutor)  always started with five minute poses  then ten mins increasing to a hour plus.  It is a lovely discipline and teaches so much ,.  
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Carol .

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You last sentence is a good idea, Denise, I agree with your method of work. You're going great guns.  Nice work, Sylvia.

Denise Cat

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I took Alan's advice. I did a quick study of a Rubens drawing. It's not great, the nose is too long dropping the mouth and making the chin shorter. There is a lot wrong with it in fact but I wasn't worried about that. The purpose was to look at the strong lines and how he directed them in the drawing. It is very obvious the hand draws you directly to the face. I'll be looking at Rembrandt next. In my next life drawing lesson, I will be taking this on board and trying it out myself. I did learn quite a bit from this quick study.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That’s a lovely Study Denise  without your comments I would not have pricked out the faults you told us about.

Sylvia Evans

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Lots of good advice from Alan Denise but he didn’t suggest copying Rembrandt….  To be really creative always use your own models…people are everywhere.  You are excell at copying but it’s not your own work. I did some people watching with this lovely lady on the beach on a holiday.

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Denise Cat

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Yes, I know Sylvia. This was an exercise I  decided to do. I like looking at old works and trying them out, that's what's helped me improve my own work.

Sylvia Evans

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Ok I see,,,, you have some wonderful models in both the Walker and Lady Lever. Enjoy.
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