Longer Figurative Poses by Diana Moses Botkin

The longer poses give an opportunity to be a little more careful and develop some detail. By "longer" I mean about 20 minutes rather than the warm-up poses of 3 or 5 minutes.

One still must draw fairly quickly and simply, and concentrate on developing enough shadows and highlights to show the form. Charcoal and chalk work well for this; the charcoal being used for the darks and the chalk for the highlights. Drawn on a medium toned paper, it's enough variety to portray what's happening with the form.

©2010 Diana Moses Botkin