A couple of drawings from Sunday

Denis was the model on Sunday.

TSA Sunday

There are drawing days when my hand just doesn’t cooperate. What a lousy morning I had! I have posted a few sketches nonetheless. All of these are short poses (1-10 min) of the model Amanda — the 15-20 minute are now in the recycling.

The long pose this afternoon was a little better. I played around with cross-hatching, which is still rough but improving. That’s the drawing at the top, and the model was Claudette.

Scottsdale Farm

I attended my first outing with the Ontario Plein Air Society on January 2nd. We went to the Scottsdale Farm on a VERY cold day. I had so many layers on, I looked like a snowman myself. I never thought anyone could paint on a day like that but surprised myself by completing this small study. I had started another larger painting, but the lighting conditions changed drastically, from bright and sunny to cloudy and I had to put it aside.

A Light Snow Cover
oil on canvas
6×8

Michaela at the TSA

Here are a few drawings from last night, one of the rare Thursday nights I can attend the TSA. Michaela did a wonderful job, exerting herself mightily by holding tough poses.

1 min

15-20 min

Amanda at the TSA

Here are a few of the drawings of Amanda, drawn at the TSA today. The top one is from the long pose in the afternoon, and the ones below vary from 5-15 minutes.

TSA Sunday

Here are some drawings from last Sunday’s Open Life Drawing at the TSA. Helen was the model, and pose lengths are 1min, 5min, 5min, 15min, 15min.

Fiona at the TSA

My drawings from the TSA today (1-15min)

Back to life drawing

I haven’t been life drawing in a while so it felt good to get out to the TSA today. Kit was the model. The top drawing is from the long pose this afternoon, and the ones below it are those from this morning.

Orillia

Don, Steve and I went to paint in Orillia on Sunday. The country landscape out there is just beautiful and we had ideal weather.

Abandoned Farmhouse
Orillia, Ontario
oil on board
9×12

Another painting from Martintown

This is the first sketch I had painted on my excursion to Martintown in August. I finally took the time to adjust a few things, mostly lengthening the barn. That might seem like an odd thing to adjust, but the barn had this feeling of being really short, or sunken into the ground. I originally painted it as it was but realized afterward that due to the lack of scale in my painting, the barn didn’t look right. I had to adjust its height to get the right feel for it. Does it now work? I’m not sure!

Overgrown Barn
Martintown, Ontario
oil on canvas
8×10