Birds Eye View of Eleanor

Eleanor Top Down pastel on paper prepared with tinted pastel ground, 16.5 x 16.5 cm, 30 min pose

One of the things a skilled life drawing teacher with a capable technician CAN do with zoom is to provide attendees with angles they can’t normally get.  Last night at Insight Art’s life drawing, Mick Kirkbride treated us to some overhead views of Eleanor. 

Eleanor as a continent pastel on paper prepared with tinted pastel ground, 16.5 x 13 cm, 25 min pose

Earlier in the session Mick had zoomed in on Eleanor’s hands and showed us some strategies for drawing them.  While drawing the hands I had in my head the idea of touch, so when Mick offered up the overhead views, I was in an abstract, touch sensitive mood.

You can find out more about the zoom life drawing classes here: https://www.insight-art.co.uk/classes/life-drawing.php