More Portraits

Here are a couple more portraits from the other day. Somehow I will never forget this model ...

This one at A3 size (42x30cm)


This one at A5 size (21x15cm)


This one at A6 size (15x12cm)

Some Portraits

I've been a little slack as of late uploading artworks, thus time for some piccys'. Recently I've really started to focus in on the face and portraits. Below are some results from the last month, all drawn from live models in a bit over half a day. First up is probably one of the last tonal drawings that I'll do on white paper, takes forever to give average results:



Same person as above but slightly different angle



This one I was relatively happy on the final composition and the look of the picture.



This one is a little different in style to the above ones as they try to capture the light as it falls. This one, you draw lines wrapping around the form to describe it and not really worried about lighting. Not crazy about the result but wasn't having a 'good' day.



Now I just have to figure out how to get friends to sit for me .... maybe a sweetener, they could kept the final drawing.... any takers?!

'Downshifting' - The Next New Buzz Word

Those who know me would have heard me at least once quote a statistic of Australia having the highest amount of unpaid overtime in the developed world (on an island in the South Pacific, your employment options are somewhat 'limited'). Seems that there is a growing trend for people to start 'downshifting'.

Basically it is a matter of not working yourself into the ground and taking leisure time over extra income (how that exactly works in Sydney - 4th most expensive city in the world to live in, beats me).

A quote from a recent article on the subject:

http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2005/08/australian_idle.html

is:

'The true cost of my car was not the $50,000 I paid for it, but the lives of those 14-year-olds who worked in the mines'

I wonder what sweat shop my shoes came from....