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! :)

"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...

I've been trying to sign up for a figure drawing class during the day time, when the kids are in school, but the one available was always full, and the others are all afternoon or evenings, for which I'd have to compromise my whole family's schedule, so I only attended two in two year - But I loved it though! During the last few months ,each time the Cultural Arts Center was opening registration for a new morning session I tried to register, and every time I got on the waiting list. But this time I made it in, and I am officially attending a six-weeks life drawing class. Drawing a portrait of a model is amazing, not even comparable to drawing from a photo. I'm so happy I got in! :)))