Michael G's Sketchbook

[Michael Georges]

Thanks for the comments Enzie. I am finding that when I photograph these works I get a bit of reflectivity off the whites in the drawings. This has the effect of making them appear slightly overstated in the photo. Your point is well taken though and I will look to it on my future works to ensure that I get the values right.

[Michael Georges]

Well, things may be in flux again for our little life drawing group. I am trying to set up a space in the back of my shop in an area that the landlord is interested in renting, but has never done anything with. It has poor lights, no heat or cooling....but where there is will there is a way!

Here is Rose from last night. Last session for the holidays. I have drawn her before. This was fun as her hair is very shiny and she had it done up in a little oriental style and her eyes done up the same way. Much fun to draw!

[Richard Monro]

Michael,

I have been watching your sketchbook for some time now with a great deal of fascination. Your skills have progressed light years since you started this post. You have become quite a good draftsmen and that will have a dramatic impact on your paintings. One only has to look at your first few sketches and compare them to the last three to see how far you have progressed. Bravo!

[Alexandra Tyng]

Michael,

I like the way you have indicated the planes of her face with different values. And I'm intrigued by the way you've used cross-hatching to show the contours of her upper chest. In fact I'd love to see you take that farther and get even more expressive with your shading by varying the direction, pressure and spacing of your strokes.

[Michael Georges]

Happy New Year everyone!

Well it turns out that we will not lose our space for weekly open studio after all, so YAYs!

This is Dave from last night. Older gent with an interesting face - longer mouthbox and features that did not conform to the 1/3rd commonality. Interesting guy too. I was a bit out of practice after the holidays, but managed a good likeness. I got a bit hamhanded on the value transitions though. Easy to see today, looked great last night! :P

[Michael Georges]

Trips to Virginia to see parents, and a busy working schedule in my shop have kept me from class for a few weeks, but last night I got there and managed to eek out this piece. This is Teresa.

Kept it simple with just fingers to blend. Pretty happy with it. It is faithful to her likeness and I like the value interplay.

[Michael Georges]

So I have still been drawing, but things in life have been hectic and beyond busy at my shop, so not much posted...or really worth posting!

But this is Tarena from our session last night. She came armed with a "neck corset" that was just beyond fun to draw.