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Figure Sketches for Figure Painting 3

Figure sketches for figure paintings
Figure sketches: Black pen on paper © 2006 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc.
My favorite sketches from this page are the two in the middle row. The one on the middle left has relatively few lines to it, but I think conveys a real sense of a woman sitting. Her right left is rather long though ... her knee comes up to her ear! The intention with these sketches was to work quickly and loosely, so proportion mistakes like that will happen. Instead of correcting the sketch when I notice, I'd do another one.

Most sketches have a bit that I like (though some are just a disaster). By doing loads, rather than fussing with one sketch, I gradually have more and more bits in one sketch that I like. As with most things, sketching and painting skills do get 'rusty' without regular use, and the cliche "practise makes perfect" definitely applies.

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