Progress on Final Cast Drawing

Like usual I am strapped for time. There just doesn't seem to be enough time to get everything done. Here is the progress on my final cast-three weeks to go (Hopefully I can get it done before school ends for the year). There are a couple of projects at home I get to tinker with every once in a while. Hopefully I can get some pictures taken and throw them up on the blog too.

Drawing and Painting, Painting and Drawing

This is the portrait painting I started in the night class. You can see the entire painting to the left and below is a close-up of my work. (I can't claim complete credit for the nose-my teacher touched it up for me after I had worked at it for a while).

I decided to do the bust of Bruno for my final cast drawing, but I havn't been able to get it right. I think I have blocked-in 10 drawings now of it, but this is it. I finally got all the tilts right and am looking forward to moving forward. You can my sketch and then I included the actual bust as well.

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break is finally here. This has been a crazy week. Sunday, my wife and mother-in-law left across country for a combined Thanksgiving/Family Reunion and my father-in-law and I have become bachelors for the week. He works so much and I'm at school almost always that we haven’t seen each other for the past three days. Since there is no school Thursday we moved the evening sculpture night class to Monday, which meant I didn't get home until after Midnight on Monday and Tuesday. That wouldn't be too bad except that I have to be out the door at 5:30 to catch the train back up to NYC. Needless to say I am going to sleep well tonight. Thanks for letting me vent-without my wife I don't have anyone to tell all my problems.

This is the current cast drawing I am working on. I really had a hard time slowing down and being patient with the last one I completed (the eye), but this one I find a lot more interesting and easier to push farther. I feel like things are progressing really well, which is funny because in the past I've really struggled with modeling. Lately, my Block-ins, which I have been very proud of in the past, have not been developing like I wish.












Here is the sculpture I completed in the night class this month (November). As you can see we had a female model. Each month we switch back and forth. You can see, I hope, I was able to capture the gesture of the pose a lot better than last month. I was also able to take the sulpture a lot further. Unfortunately, however, there just isn't enough time to completely finish everything. Before starting I thought 24 hours would be plenty of time. Not even close. The school started a day class too-4 hours a day 5 days a week, 4 weeks. 80 hours and most of then didn't finish either. They were really close, but still needed more time. This pose I was able to acquire the dimentions a lot quicker. I am getting better at seeing the figure, but still made some mistakes. Amanda's left shoulder be placed farther forward. Also the top of the leg and the bottom of the leg twist a lit

tle too much and don't align as well as they should. Overall I am very happy with the experience and excited to do another one.