Figure Pieces
I wanted to share some of my figure drawings and works. However, I wanted to keep it in a section that wasn’t my main art area, because I didn’t want it to be super visible for those that have young ones at home. I personally see the human body as beautiful and celebrate it with my art. I won’t hide nude drawings from my son, unless they are crude and meant not as true art. That is what I believe. But, I know that some may not feel the same way as I do about letting their children see a nude drawing. Or, they just don’t like nude drawings and don’t want to see them themselves. That is fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that is why I have made a separate section for my nude and figure drawings. Also, not every piece is full body, I will include my portrait pieces in this sections too. I hope you will appreciate my works as much as I do. Love your body and celebrate it often!!!
Charcoal Nude Mag
I drew this in my first and only figure class...It was meant to be a fast and furious drawing to get the main body parts in the proper placement and to show the movement of the pose...
Dan
This is a drawing I did in my first figure drawing class. We were to sketch out the model in a quick few minutes, capturing the main position of the figure. We needed to learn to let our arms and charcoal...
Eric
Many years ago, in my very first drawing class, not even my first figure drawing class. Drawing 101, I had to draw a portrait of someone. So, of course I chose my hubby, Eric.
Hat Wearing a Lady
In my first painting class, we had to chose a painting to replicate that was created after the 1800’s. I chose Lady with a Hat by Henri Matisse. For those of you that don’t know the background of this painting, it was created in 1905. It is a portrait of Matisse’s wife, Amelie Parayre. The true title is La Femme au Chapeau, which is french for Lady with a Hat...
Joker
In my very first drawing class we had to choose a famous person and do a grid drawing of them. I had never done a grid drawing before, and had only done a few portrait drawings, mostly of myself...
Modern Day Venus
I love Sandro Botticelli. He was an amazing artist. His romantic and whimsical style is mesmerizing. I remember the first time I saw a print of “Birth of Venus” I was in awe. That is one of the reasons I painted a sort of replica of his most famous painting...
Self Portrait Blue
This is the second self portrait I’ve ever done, but the first one using oil paints. The first self portrait I painted was using acrylic medium years ago. I do like to paint with acrylic, but I love oil more. Being that this was my second self portrait I wanted to do something different with the coloring...
Struggle in the Open
I painted this years ago. I had just overcome some difficult struggles that I had been dealing with for many years. Painting this helped me heal. Like all my artworks, it just appeared in my head and I couldn’t stop thinking about it until I was able to create it...