Michelle Philip figure drawing

Michelle Philip figure drawing
Originally uploaded by Classical Art Academy

This is a drawing in red chalk on toned paper. This was a long pose of about 2 hours. (Long enough for the model to fall asleep.) One of the most difficult aspects of this type of lying down pose is to capture the sense of gravity - the weight of the model on the blanket. I have shown this by the flattening of the right breast and the way the belly sits on the thigh. The proximity shadows also help anchor the body to the ground. The unfinished foot is a common artifact of a drawing from life - one simply runs out of time...