Here are this weeks figure drawings. Why so much green this time? Well there are many deep philosphical reasons for the use of this particular shade of green…but mostly it is the color I’ve used the least in my slowly diminishing watercolor set. I lay down the ink for these by drawing as if I really don’t care what it looks like. Kind of like when you were a kid and your teacher forced you to write or draw something you didn’t want to do and you made that pouty face and scribbled some stuff out of spite. Aww yeah. Except I’m not all pouty about it. I just don’t care too much whether it looks good or not. I look at the figure, and make quick mental notes about where all the parts are, but when I lay down the line, I just let it be messy and don’t try too hard to make it clean or correct. Then I add the color in much the same way. I put an almost random color down and then push a bit of contrast with some more colors, check out the shadows and light on the figure and finish it up. I think it’s time to start reaching for that next step.
