lifedraw. acrylic lady III

so many acrylic ladies.
i think this particular acrylic lady runs a lifedrawing society and administrates as well as modelling.A1, acrylic and charcoal.
i had leftover yellow, so she became orange-r nearer the end.

lifedraw. acrylic lady II

(different acrylic lady)
A1 lady with a classic lego background.
actually, lego is pretty old.it gets hard to juggle large rolled paper and a camera and sunlight through a window.
sometimes sneakers help.

lifedraw. acrylic lady

A0 acrylic lady
(big)

too much scanning.

above: printmaking pholio done.
pre-mounting a few things.
i love eyebrows. whoever expected that might eventuate.
you can't use pen in here.man yawning so.very.loudly.
had essay on Picasso's Weeping Woman. went a bit Picasso mad. tried to draw EVERYTHING EVER.
girl with bird. favourite? one of.
Picasso and boy from train.
blending fashion designers. mushing together a bit of John Galliano+Jean Paul Gaultier.
with a bit of Jess over the top. :{
fingers.
my fish-hair lady. without reference and with (i like to think intentionally) distorted limbs.
and ribcage.
from catwalk photograph. designer forgotten.
white curled wig, diagonal sheer-opaque dress.
left: del kathryn barton
right: jess-interpretation
scrolling through Lambros' photos.
drawing miss ainslee meredith. quite a bit repeatedly..
fantastical hair.
drawing class started.
didn't know what to do.
opened little book.
had massive piece of paper.
started painting on it.
then went back to book and did some 'where to go next?' trials (below) (four)
below: photographed large-paint progress
with scale. note: moleskine on floor.
and anchored masking tape at the top.
further indication of scale: when i stand on the ground (on the bottom of the paper. in my socks.) and put my arm up (either arm, they're about the same length) i have to stand on my toes to reach the masking tape.
big. portrait.
(resemblance isn't quite right yet. i hadn't printed a picture. i was trying to do it from my initial biro sketch)two sets of eyes. one open, one closed. intending to add in blue to open eyes.
and more charcoal sketchy lines.
but next week. on tuesday. because it's too big and raining to take home and forth.above: discussed with Finn a preference for wearing socks without shoes.
established that each of us had dusty socks for this reason.
curioused selves with what might happen were inanimate objects less inanimate and more disagreeable.
and more likely to paint back.

p.s.
while i'm name dropping,
perhaps a re-cap and visit-encourage:

Lambros
Ainslee
Aaron
Fez

in name size order.

skinny pages.

new moleskine.
couldn't get the one i wanted.
now have very thin pages.
which are crinkling with the acrylic paint.

so expect some very ugly scans :D

but that's okay.

am doing a bit of copying at the moment. uni drawing classes want us to imitate. so the following are imitations:
(i haven't bothered to shrink them down. they might be nicer big. feel free to get click-happy)
(titles also present on enlargements)

left: by John Olsen
right: by Mondrian

above: by Mondrian
hee. paper wrinkles.

above: by John Olsen

no more imitations for now.

new things in new book:
uhm. drawing people's photos from facebook is going to ocur also. so uhm. keep an eye out for people you know?

left: (sideways) (tilt head to the right) hot chocolate at 3am
right: naked lady. with hands. and her hair is also hands. i'm not sure.
i wish sometimes my hair would do that.
above: unfinished. i got distracted by finding other things to draw.
like Will.
foldy pages. oops.
above: Will cutting his hair on skype.
above: lady from Vogue Australia. most recent copy. September?
edit: coloured her:


O
kay.
most exciting thing all week:
you know how sometimes you can feel improvement?
like. it doesn't matter whether other people can or cannot see it. but you look at something you do and just think "yes."
I AM SO HAPPY WITH THIS DRAWING/PAINTING/THING.
above: Isabella Blow and Daniel Lismore
acrylic and grey lead smooshed around on the page.

<3
thanks for yer time :D

receipt scribblings.

receipt scribblings.

myki receipts - while i don't even use this crazy ticket replacement - frustrate me. (perhaps in the same way as disgarded tickets, but hush)
so. upon missing trains/finding them to be delayed/just generally waiting at stations I am collecting myki receipts. and drawing on them the train station which i happen to be waiting at.
the paper is quite nice.

and moleskine update:

I'm painting Will.

i'm always painting Will.
don't tell him though.
he can find out if he happens to check. he of the three very demanding blogs.

oh amazing! i can re-cap on my paintings of Will.
oil on canvas
2008
The result of a conversation over a poor quality photograph.
"Will, you look like Jesus."
"I do not."
"Oh yeah?" *paints*


acrylic and charcoal on canvas
(Will's canvas)
2009
Will being tired - painted from life - on Yuan's bed in London. while he was likely on youtube.


Will today.
post dying his hair.
secretive.
i'm not done.
i'm likely still not done.
crud. i got pen-happy and now the eyes are warped and the hair is swirly.
*cackles*
GREY...GREYYY!
this is becoming all a bit ridiculous and i'm starting to like the first one best with its non-matching eyes and non-overworkedness.
i'd better get it right this next time or that is it.
Will's third imortalisation will be the devil.
hah.
and the first was jesus.
making me think perhaps i should stop now while there's a weird sort of humour.
acrylic and pen on moleskine
2010
okay, that's it.