Meghan Jean » Life Drawing

On Location…

Meghan Jean — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:33:35 +0000

The Trappist

Meghan Jean — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:01:56 +0000

This is from a bar in Oakland that I like to frequent. They serve only Belgian and specialty beers. It’s very crowded on weekends, but weeknights after work it’s a really nice place to just sit at the bar while drawing and making small-talk (and of course enjoy a delicious brew).

Entrails

Meghan Jean — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:30:33 +0000

New Ink

Meghan Jean — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:47:44 +0000

Chris got the outlines of his new tattoo started yesterday: a circus themed sleeve of epic proportions, done by the talented and prolific Jason Kundell at Artwork Rebels in Portland. I brought my sketchbook along.

Life Drawing at Hipbone Studio

Meghan Jean — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:38:45 +0000

A page from my sketchbook of some recent life drawing. I haven’t been since June, so the drawing felt rather labored the whole time. Also, I didn’t eat breakfast. Always, always remember to eat before going to life drawing. You don’t want to be that guy breaking the silence with your gargley stomach noises. Trust me it’s awkward.

I recently bought some screentones at a local Japanese bookstore, and I’m aiming to do more mixed media experimentation in my sketchbook. I’ll post some samples soon.

More Life Drawing at PNCA

Meghan Jean — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:12:51 +0000

So I’m trying to take things a step further this week. Still working with straight ink, but moving away from thinking so linearly about the edges. Instead, I wanted to construct the body mass by mass, not line by line. It’s like working from the inside out, rather than the outside in. Or, you can think of it in terms of sculpting. I have one of those refillable Japanese brushes (can’t remember the brand), that I filled with some watery ink. I just worked light to dark, building up the shape volumes in layers. At the very end, I used a black brush pen to define some of the poster edge and a few particularly dark folds in the skin. Next week I may bring some white gouache to go back into the highlights a bit. 5-20 minutes on these.

Life Drawing at PNCA

Meghan Jean — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:29:08 +0000

Some friends and I decided to check out the open life drawing session at PNCA this week, since it is a little bit cheaper than at Hipbone. The space was a bit more crowded, but I actually liked the model much better. All of these are 5-10 minutes, just straight ink. It’s sort of an exercise in deliberacy; just putting down a bold line, and thinking in light and shadow. Since I can’t erase or manipulate the line so much (versus dry media), it’s interesting to look back and observe which areas of the body I have a tendency to exaggerate or minimize.

Life Drawing at Hipbone Studio

Meghan Jean — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:13:37 +0000

Trying some new things in my approach to drawing the figure. Not seeing the results I want yet, but this is a marathon, not a sprint. Also, I’ve decided I need to bring a bigger brush when I paint at life drawing.