Shock horror! I am doing more nudes!

Yes, I have been attending a life drawing class for some time. It’s extremely helpful for developing my drawing skills. The tantalisation wore off a few minutes into the first class.

This week we used previously painted backgrounds to draw or paint in the medium of our choice. I chose Genesis heat-set oils. I have only used them twice before. They aren’t smelly like normal oils, and if you want to dry them you can do so quickly with a heat gun. In fact, without extreme heat they wont dry at all, and you can leave the paint uncovered on your palette and on your brushes until the next class. Moreover, they wash out in water! So why are they called oils? I’m not sure, but I don’t really care – they are simply wonderful to use. There you go Genesis, a free plug!

Here’s what I came up with at this week’s class. We were given 40 minutes to do each of these.