Friday Life Drawing

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In this video:

Hi everyone 😊 This video is from a recent LIFE DRAWING session. I'm so excited to be back at regular life drawing classes and wanted to share this process with you. If you are attending life drawing, and finding the long poses difficult, then watch this video for advice on how to focus in on one area of the figure and draw a simple study, rather than trying to draw the entire figure for a long pose. I find it really useful, and hopefully you might also!
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00:00 Introduction
01:43 Importance of Drawing from Life
02:48 Life Drawing is hard. Draw Anyway
05:14 Use Your Time Differently
06:07 It’s Ok to Experiment with Mark Making
07:00 Enjoy the Process


Here is a list of my preferred drawing materials. These are affiliate links, so if you pick up any of these items via my links it means you'll be supporting this channel, and that you are awesome ❤️

MY TOP FIGURE DRAWING BOOKS:
The Natural Way to Draw:
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Drawing Projects:
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain:
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FIGURE DRAWING MATERIALS:
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- Newsprint Paper
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- The Compressed Charcoal that I use:
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- Alternative Charcoal (I don't use but also popular):
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- Willow Charcoal
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- The ROLLS ROYCE of Charcoals (Nitram):
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- Kneaded eraser
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For drawing a longer, more finished piece I use good quality paper such as:
- Fabriano Paper
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- Hahnemuhle Paper
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