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I signed up for three watercolor figure drawing classes at the NYC Art Students League with Naomi Campbell (the artist, not the model). This was the first time I did figure drawing in at least 35 years. (When I was around 3 years old.)
Naomi only wants you to work in one color, no drawing first, no outlining with the brush. Just use a wash of color to capture the largest shapes first. We did a number of 1 and 2 minute poses and then a few thumbnails of short poses. Then a long pose. The painting above was the long pose. The ones below are the gestural sketches. Naomi told me I used too much paint, which made me laugh because usually I use too little. But she was pleased with my early sketches, and thought the top one was ok too, but I had to lighten it up a lot. Class again next Monday night. Very sleepy at work on Tuesday.