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Life drawing. On Gold.

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Trevor Mill

On gold. Acrylics, gesso, pencil and oil paint on prepared paper. 70 x 100cm.A frame on the floor really helped with the dynamism and proportion of the figure in the space. You can see how near I was in the … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing: 100715. Firbaus on Gold

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Trevor Mill

This was painted over an older daub; it gives you something to work against. The shiny gold has a strength and association that makes anything on it have a narrative edge. 1 hour 15 minutes. The heat was making the … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 26.06.15. Robin the character actor.

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Trevor Mill

This week was about composition. Robin, as entertaining as always, brought some props and the studio was adorned with the materials of a tavern scene in 17th Century Holland. The lesson consisted of 5 ten minute poses, followed by the same … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing 2: 080515. Barry in colour.

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Trevor Mill

This gold paper is tough. Conté pastels don’t attach to the surface but scrape through the paint, revealing the gold underneath. 45 minutes. The reflection makes the image. A close up of of Barry, You can see the scratches.I’d forgotten … Continue reading →

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Life drawing 10: 20.03.15. 2 models.

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Trevor Mill

As soon as you have two figures in space your mind creates a narrative. The act of having to describe the space between the models give the image grounding. These are not people floating in space but real humans in … Continue reading →

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