I went outside! With people!!
Photo by Phil Dobson
Restrictions here in Toronto have been slowly lifting, and because of that one of my favourite activities has started up again. Life drawing!
I went to a life drawing session hosted by AGA Arts Toronto. In the past, the sessions were held in a little clubhouse in the park but this time they were hosted outside. And this was actually really nice! The weather was beautiful as were the surroundings and I honestly enjoyed being outside surrounded by trees a lot more than being indoors.
The model Carly Lundy did a great job. She wore a bathing suit to keep it modest because we were outside and did some beautiful posing in a fairly crowded park! I was impressed that she could maintain her cool while being on display to so many people.
My drawings skills were definitely a little rusty, with many false starts and a few drawings that just didn’t turn out at all, but for not having done any drawing from life for about a year and a half I thought I did ok. Below you can see some of the sketches as well as a timelapse video of the entire process, from gestures to longer poses.
It was really nice to run into familiar faces and I look forward to the next one!
