I always love to try as many mixed media combinations that I can think of when I’m drawing from a model. Here is an ink, acrylic paint and crayon drawing. –Despina
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I find that I have learned more about design and drawing from the practice of drawing from a live model. Here is a drawing where I thought about just how much really needs to be drawn to communicate what it is and how it feels. Greg Betza ©2014
View post →Another drawing from the Advanced Drawing class! Â Miss it… No coffee this time! Margaret Hurst
View post →I spent some time putting away figure drawings this weekend. Here is one I particularly like. Have a great week. ©Greg Betza 2013
View post →A page of quick drawings from the model. Have a great week. -Greg Betza ©2013
View post →Another drawing from the studio, this time of Regina. Done with pen and ink, watercolor, and colored pencil…I think. It’s hard to remember, sometimes I just grab what’s there and start drawing – what fun! Posted by Veronica
View post →Here’s another drawing from the model. This time it’s done with ink and brush. ~Despina
View post →On Memorial Day, people who have the day off do what they love to do in their free time- eat, drink and be with friends. Although I like to do this at times, my preferred way of relaxing is to draw from the model. Great way to spend a day. Can’t wait to do it […]
View post →I decided to grace the blog once again with Kika The Beautiful! Remembering a great drawing afternoon! Margaret Hurst
View post →Aaahhh…..Kika the Beautiful! A wonderful model that we have been drawing for many years, incredible lady to draw and converse with while she is modeling! She’s so culturally oriented that her conversations as well as her “costumes” are pretty global and mythical. As I said, aaaaahhhhh, lovely! Thanks, Kika! Margaret Hurst
View post →A drawing I made in our studio of a great model. Great to be drawing! Taken with my iphone so not a super hi res shot! Margaret Hurst
View post →Drawing from a life drawing session a few years ago. Done with a brush marker…and a little crayon for the lips. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Ronnie and Kika and I were talking about the drawings we have made of her, Kika, over these many years! Kika was modeling in class the other day in her Kika the Nun outfit. It is without a doubt my favorite piece of clothing to draw! And, of course, Kika is a faboulous model who […]
View post →From a life drawing session. -Greg Betza ©2012
View post →from the lipstick to the jewelry to the glasses, these are very important parts of a person…and a drawing. Greg Betza ©2012
View post →Found this one in an old sketchbook. I like the design and the structure of the clothes. ©2012 Greg Betza
View post →Here is a drawing made from a model a few weeks ago at the Dalvero Academy. ©2011 Greg Betza
View post →I’ve got a few of the model with that red dress on. -Despina
View post →You know I once had a teacher who said for each day you don’t study your craft you lose the ability to call yourself “an artist” and fall into the category of “I once was”. The Dalvero Academy is hosting a fall series of life drawing sessions. So it feels really good to say, “Here […]
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