Art: Pencil drawings of male and female nudity figures

[dieastra]

Many years ago I attended a drawing course and we also did nude art. To not offend anyone I am posting only a teaser picture openly, if you want to see the complete pictures (three of a man and four of a woman, standing, lying, sitting...) click the LJ cut. Hope you like them! There are also some links with previous pictures at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!





















Other entries about my art:

http://dieastra.livejournal.com/115511.html

http://dieastra.livejournal.com/58498.html

http://dieastra.livejournal.com/37747.html

http://dieastra.livejournal.com/8199.html

Comments

[phoenix-cry79.livejournal.com]

The laying male with the back to the view is really good, that's a tough angle to do. I also like the lower half female with the crossed legs.

Ah...feet...I hate drawing feet...and hands. Feet and hands, they are evil to draw!!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Coming from an expert like you, that means something to me ;)
The female leaning against the table with crossed feet is also my favourite. And her sitting with crossed legs.

I think I also have some sheets somewhere where we drew our own feet and hands, for studying...

[phoenix-cry79.livejournal.com]

I really should sit down one day and just draw a bunch of hands and feet to get better at it...but I'm lazy. ;)

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

It's also not as much fun as a complete figure.

I recently am letting out my creativity by doing funny picture stories with action figures. My LJ is full of them if you want to have a look.

One time we did "Hamlet" with "Doctor Who" figures. David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor, had done this play in real life. There's a DVD. So I took a Doctor figure and changed it into the way his Hamlet looked. It was very modern, in jeans and t-shirt - and barefoot. I used a putty called Milliput to form his naked feet. THAT was quite a hassle!

Here you can see it step by step: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/25776.html

[phoenix-cry79.livejournal.com]

ha! I'll have to check that out.

I don't like doing just feet or hands, but I could (and have) draw torsos all day long

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I think in general I like to paint/draw objects (still lives) more than people.

In case I did not mention it, I work in an engineer's office, drawing plans for buildings. So while in a way this is also drawing (now done by computer of course but when I started it was with ink on paper) but there is a more technical accurate side to it, which agrees with me.

Even as a child, when doing coloring books, I NEVER went over the lines ;) I'm too accurate for that. For the same reason, I also enjoy paintings more with a clear picture, where I can recognize what it is about, and not too impressionistic and "modern". Although of course there is the exception of the rule.

We have a pretty famous painting gallery here in Dresden, this is the most famous picture in there: http://www.skd.museum/typo3temp/pics/dffb6a64ad.jpg

The angels on the bottom have become world famous but nobody knows where they are from originally ;)

[phoenix-cry79.livejournal.com]

Okay...so funny...when you said 'the angels at the bottom' after talking about straight lines I was like...how does a set of angels become famous'. Because in my head I read 'angles' not 'angels'. English is so confusing (yes, it's my first language and I still find it confusing).

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

LOL it happens!

But really, they are everywhere, on cups and such. Too bad our gallery does not get money every time they're used - they would be very rich ;)

[wanderingsmith.livejournal.com]

you have a knack for the standing poses, the lines and proportions flow very real-ly.

how long did they give you to do each one?

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Yes, I like the female one that is leaning against the table best!

Those were very quick sketches, probably 10 minutes each? That's the reason there are no details like faces. It was only about the pose.

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Wow lovely drawings.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

Wow, I wouldn't have a clue how to draw a person.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

I usually don't, either. I couldn't do it just from the top of my head without reference. I also couldn't do comic drawing. I admire people who are able to use just a few lines and yet you can recognize exactly what it is. Especially a person in motion.

But I have a good eye and can copy what I see in front of me. As long as it keeps still! I also couldn't draw animals at the zoo as others do, as they move around all the time. You need to be quick for that.