Off the Wall

Jo, Considering... (work in progress)
50" x 48" ink, charcoal, tempra, and pastel on Stonehenge.

A multifigure drawing started in my Life Drawing session last Sunday. This piece measures 50" x 48." I tacked the paper to the wall and drew from the model and some photocopied male figure studies by other artists. The model's poses ranged from 1 - 20 minutes, and I used portions of these poses to piece together this narrative/figure puzzle. Like last week, I used a brush taped to the end of a long stick to paint the figures, then moved in with charcoal and pastel applied directly. I am relishing the freedom and wildness that this size paper and manner of drawing allows...