I just got in from a most unusual evening. Sadly I hadn't had to chance to go figure-drawing for awhile due to this or that, but tonight's Dr. Sketchy's was too tempting an offer to pass up -- A special session held with an entire team of aerialist performers at their studio downtown! What I didn't expect was that they'd all be modeling poses in the air
at once -- Sometimes in paired-poses. Holy cow, figure-drawing overload! Most of the poses held for only 5 minutes or less, so it was a scramble to just scribble down everything I could. I worked mostly in Sharpie-marker, kept things simple & gestural, and broke out pencil for just a couple of tighter drawings (one of which I gave to the performer it was based on; sorry)
Fun fact -- The pencil drawing I've included here actually won me a free class in aerial-acrobatics :D Looking forward to that, and hoping I don't get cold feet before I can make it happen!
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| They had some running themes going through the session -- This one was for "Best Incorporation of a Mythical Sea Monster." |
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| Near the top-left you can see the original sketch I based the pencil sketch off of! |
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| Top-center is some pretty abominable cropping |:\ Gotta pay better attention to that. |
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThese are great. I hope you enjoy your aerial class, I have fallen in love with silks. It is very difficult but I find it as close to the joys of playing on a playground an adult can feel. ☺
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