Nudes with Values

[Alexandra Tyng]

Steven,

Wow, these are fine drawings! The man's foreshortened leg is very well done with a minimum of fuss. I want to see more of your work, too.

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Alexandra Tyng

The man's foreshortened leg is very well done with a minimum of fuss.

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[Garth Herrick]

Steve,

I also want to compliment and thank you for posting your perfectly finished nudes! It is a treat to view your work, and it will be great to see more.

Seeing these make me want to find a similar multi session, long term pose opportunity. The best I can get with the life drawing group I am currently with is a twenty minute pose. Sometimes that seems like too much time; especially if it gets off to a bad start. There just is not time for all the refined observation you have mastered. Time to find a group that likes to do longer poses!

Garth

[Linda Brandon]

Steven, these are very beautiful drawings and I agree with everybody here - please post more often!

[Molly Sherrick Phifer]

Steve,

These are great! It's great to have very long poses over a period of weeks, isn't it???

Garth, maybe we can get a Philadelphia area group together to do long poses and hire our own models. It's a thought. Alex, are you interested?

Steve, please post more of these if you can find them and dust 'em off. They are lovely. I believe these are the first works of yours I've seen also. Where are you hiding them?

[Enzie Shahmiri]

Steven, these drawings remind me of the Charles Bargue Drawing Course. Such a classical rendering, just beautiful! I had seen your cast drawings, which were incredible as well. With such drawing skills, you must have tried your hand at painting as well. Please post some of your paintings, I would love to see how you made the transition and in which style you continued to work.

[Steven Sweeney]

Originally Posted by Enzie Shahmiri

[Y]ou must have tried your hand at painting as well. Please post some of your paintings, I would love to see how you made the transition and in which style you continued to work.

Yes, I did make the transition -- I should be ashamed to admit that I hardly draw at all anymore beyond initial sketches for paintings -- but owing in part to the domestic circus I call my life, I do not presently have access to the paintings from the life classes. I hope to get hold of them sometime this summer, between the dog-and-pony and high-wire acts, and get some digital images captured.