Robie Benve Art

"Man Seated" 12"x18" Drawing, Charcoal on Paper Usually our models are all females, it's nice to have a male every once in a while for a change. I made this drawing pretty quickly with charcoal vine. If you are not familiar with charcoal vine soft , it is a pleasure to draw with and very forgiving - you can erase quite easily - but it smudges a lot!  I did not spray any fixative, so when I got the drawing out again to take a photo I realized it was quite smudged up. I fixed it up a little and here he is. Thanks for stopping by! Have a happy and creative day! :)

"Resting" Charcoal and crayon on paper 12"x18" Happy New Year! I know it's already the middle of the month, but it's never too late for good wishes! :) January has began with polar freezing temperatures, I don't do well with cold weather, it slows me down. It took me a couple of weeks to get over the holiday laziness and start creating art again. Now I have two new paintings on my easel, to be posted soon (hopefully). This drawing is from a figure drawing session I attended before the holidays. The model actually fell asleep, and her true relaxation made the drawing very enjoyable. I think she picked a laying pose on purpose because she needed some sleep, and so she did not need a break after 20 minutes, which made the drawing progress nicely. I also had fun making up an imaginary room in the drawing. Have a Happy and Creative Day!  :)

"Sarah" drawing Here in Columbus, OH there is a place where I love to go painting and creating art: the Cultural Arts Center. Since I have small children  I can't take classes when they are out of school, so my good time is the morning. On Friday morning there is a life drawing/painting session that is awesome. I looove it because the people is very friendly and talented, including the instructor, Susan Ward. Anyway, this class gets full so quickly that I have a very hard time registering for it, even on the first day registration opens. With my positive thinking self, when I don't get in, I'm not upset, I think it was meant to be, for some reason I wasn't supposed to be there on Fridays. :) But for this session apparently that studio is my place to be on Fridays, and I am enjoying so much! This drawing is from a two-week pose (wonderful for those who choose to paint, a little long for me)  and I decided to experience a lot of first time things: ...

Model Drawing - work in progress Charcoal During my 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, some days I'll have to draw instead of painting, especially on Fridays when I go to a 3-hour life drawing session - very hard to get in, always full, but this time I made it, yay! Today I went to the first class of the Life Drawing session, and this is a two week pose, which means the model will come back next week and she'll sit in the same exact pose, wearing the same expression. So I'll have the opportunity to finish this drawing next week. Preliminary sketch of model done in about 30 minutes. In this life drawing class the model poses for a periods of 20-30 minutes with breaks in between. In three hours we usually get three, max four periods of posing, which is not a lot, really. In the first period I did a preliminary sketch, to get my hands warm after a long time without drawing models, and to test the lines of the composition. Then I started the drawing using a med...