I’m very into reproduction 1 & 2. Acrylic on Bristol board. Both A3.
The first in a new set of lessons. Recycling some old Bristol board from the late 1980’s and working in a small thick cartridge sketchpad, and deciding to not muck about I started loading my brushes and attacking the surface with thick acrylic. Working mostly with tester pots give by friends, I built up images without much thought, knowing it would all work out in the end.
The long pose of an hour and 10 minutes developed as I found the board had too much paint on it and needed to dry for a bit, so another bit of Bristol board was used with the same pose, composition and scale. These reproductions turned out quite differently, which was exactly how it should be. Looking at all the work at the end of session from the other artists made me smile so much. The same model and pose, all made in the same time but how different were the results. The filter of our eyes, brain and bodies take this scene and puts on the paper a unique work of art.
Made at the fantastic Friday night life painting class tutored by John Close. See more on Instagram.
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Close-ups of the heads showing the speed of the brushmarks.
Studies mostly in an A5 sketchbook.