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First one I was trying to capture the tension of the pose rather than end with something static.

I think this worked out well, particularly the hand gripping the support the model is resting on.

Drawing two models has its problems but also advantages. With all the overlapped shapes it is very easy to see when things are wrong.

Scanner on the blink

So here are some very poor photos.

Line and tone

Wow, where did the summer go. Need to post more. Still from photos

     

Plodding on

Finding it difficult to motivate myself. Most of the drawings are poorly constructed and have bad proportions. I'm questioning whether drawing from photos really helps. Next time I should do still lifes or landscapes. For now here is the best of the fortnight's drawings.

Scraps

Not posted for a long time (health and work interrupted). Here are a few from the last month. I wish I knew what to do to "progress".

 

Just horsing around

I'd taken some photos of a horse display in China (attack of the Mongol horde) but had real problems when I came to draw the horses. So I got a copy of "The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy" by Gottfried Bammes and had a go at some anatomy/structure drawings.

First sketches of the stages of a gallop.

Back and front legs

 

Then some practice from a book on Arabian horses

When it came to adding a rider I couldn't get the proportions right and ended up with something more like a lego figure.

Bits and bobs

First a couple of wonky portraits.

Then shapes and stuff with a little shading.

Finally a couple of structure drawings.