I absolutely loved this workshop, as I have previously taken a life drawing class I was well prepared for the day and brought pens, watercolours, charcoal and pencils with me. The teacher supplied paper, but as I tend to draw quite small I folded this in half and worked from A3 pieces. I think life drawing is a great development process as it enables us to enhance our drawing skills and proportion perception.
I thought these images above were some of my best work from the day, all completely different styles. Personally I am more subject to working in pencil and coloured pencils, but working in pen gave a much more contemporary feel to the drawing which I thought really worked. The top right, pen drawing was also a favourite amongst peers which was interesting as it was a style I would never normally try. This taught me that coming out of my comfort zone can produce some really good work, and it should be done often. Even if things don't work it is all part of the development process. I think I work best quickly, so the sketches that were 5-10 minutes came out more successfully than my hour long sketches.
I wasn't too happy with my charcoal sketches on the whole as I feel they tend to look scruffy as they smudge in places that aren't intended. However, I produced many charcoals and a few turned out well, so it wasn't a completely unsuccessful media choice. Chalk, although similar to charcoal, would probably look great in a quick sketch style as it is easily blended. This is a media I hope to use in future classes, I think it takes skill to be able to work in a large diversity of media and by expanding my uses I shall hopefully improve my own style and technique.
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