Rose In Repose

Last night, as we were locking up the studio and turning out the lights, I asked Greta if I could grab a photo of her holding one of her drawings. 

I don't remember the pose shown here in Greta’s drawing. Maybe I blacked out during this pose. Or, more likely, maybe she’s creative and doesn't feel compelled to draw an exact copy of the pose. I'm jealous dammit. 

    

Greta with a drawing of Rose.

Rose in repose
28 x 36

A nice variety of poses makes the three-hour session go by fast.
For me, maybe not for the model.

Darn, I hate when the model collapses from exhaustion.

Jesus Glicée

Giclée print version of a sketch from last Tuesday night's Argos drawing group.

Jesus
Giclée print on watercolor paper
30 x 22

Art Curtains

My own personal muse and sweetheart, Robin, is a doctoral candidate in Shakespeare Studies at Brunel University in London and leads several Shakespeare reading groups in Santa Fe. She writes, designs, and publishes the award-winning bi-monthly The Shakespeare Papers, 16-page booklets of intriguing tidbits about the Shakespearean plays and sonnets. One of her Shakespeare-related initiatives is an “I Read Shakespeare” campaign. She created the shower curtain shown below which includes the play The Comedy of Errors in its entirety. 

I Read Shakespeare Shower Curtain
62 x 86.

This gave Robin the idea that we could also use my drawings to create curtains to replace the ugly, noisy, folding wooden closet doors in the dressing area. The curtain art, shown below, should be here within about a week. Photos coming soon.

Art Curtain with King Lear quote
62 x 86

Art Curtain with Henry V quote
62 x 86

Me, Greta, and Jesus

Other than Jesus, the model, Greta and I were the only ones to make it to the Argos drawing group last Tuesday night. It was cold, icy, and slippery outside, so some of the regulars were probably reluctant to go out. Or maybe it was just too cold to want to stare at a naked person for three hours.

Brrrrrrrrr, now that I think about it.

Jesus: Conté crayon on colored paper.

A 10-minute pose. The timer always goes off just as I'm making progress.

Being aware that the timer sound (the iPhone marimba tone) is imminent 
makes me draw faster, and that can be a good thing. 

A 15-minute pose to wrap up the night.