Further studies in life drawing, a pursuit that (gladly) lasts a lifetime, of this complex and fascinating subject. These are more or less organized from shorter to longer poses.
I think drawing the figure offers engagement with humanity in an elemental or universal form, as embodied in the individual. Each pose suggests a moment or a condition, lifted out from normal, everyday life. It’s life in a slightly abstracted form, that focuses your concentration and requires your total involvement in the moment. Life drawings are ephemeral — on the cheapest of paper, with the simplest of materials, we draw a great many of them but keep only a few. The work is a flow of concentration that continues from each drawing through the next.
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All images ©Kathryn Chorney.
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model in motion studies
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One-minute gesture drawing in ink line and wash.
©Kathryn Chorney
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1-min drawing with stick, brush, and colour ink; model in costume as a boxer
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1 min brush and ink study
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1 min brush and ink study
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5-minute study in ink line and wash.©Kathryn Chorney
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5-minute ink line and wash study.©Kathryn Chorney
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5 min study
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15 min study
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black and white conte on toned paper, 15 min study
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5 min study, shadows and highlight on toned paper
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5-min study on toned paper
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10-minute Ink line and wash study.©Kathryn Chorney
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5-minute Ink line and wash study.©Kathryn Chorney
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20-min study, black and white conte on toned paper
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20-min study, conte on newsprint
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35-min study, black conte on newsprint
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As a left-hander, my right hand is the ‘wrong’ one. But it’s fun to shake things up by drawing with the wrong hand.