Pastel drawing of a nude woman leaning on a hoop.

Pastel painting 11 inches x 16 inches   $300

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Another pastel figure drawing from this week’s session. I love the process of creating pastel paintings of the human body. It is the absolutely best way to learn to accurately draw what you see, not what you think you know. You can fake a landscape painting or a floral painting, but if you get a drawing of a face or a figure wrong, it is immediately obvious. I have in no way mastered this process, but I look forward to years of perfecting my skills!

I am looking forward to taking a workshop this week with Vianno Szabo, an established portrait artist. A couple of my artist friends will be attending and we are sure to learn a lot!

Nude figure drawing of a young woman in a seated position.

Pastel painting 16 inches x 11 inches   $300

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One of my pastel figure drawings from our session this week. I liked the solid, classical position the model took. I worked on “reclaimed paper” (paper with a failed image that’s been scrubbed down). It really gives a rich, complex ground to work on. I think I’m going to use that more often to enhance my works– and god knows I have enough spoiled paper!

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Pastel portrait drawing of a young nude woman

Pastel painting 11 inches x 15 inches   $300

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Another  pastel figure drawing of Sarah from a different viewpoint. I drew on a “repurposed” grey Mi Tiente paper. (In other words, I scrubbed out and old drawing and used the paper again!) These are quick sketches meant to capture the essence of the model in a short amount of time. They should be fresh and dynamic, not necessarily a perfect representation of every aspect of the subject. I decided to use only 3 values to represent the figure in this piece, so that I wouldn’t get too caught up in all the luscious colors in my pastel box!

Charcoal sketch of a young man thinking

Pastel painting 11 inches x 14 inches $100

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We are taking a short vacation “up north” over the holiday weekend so I thought I would post another one of the figure drawings I did at our last session. In this quick sketch I wanted to focus on light and shadow so I used only charcoal and white pastel. This pose kind of reminded me of Rodin’s “The Thinker”. There’s a large cast of it in front of the Detroit Institue of Arts.

Watercolor painting of a nude female

Watercolor painting 8.5 inches x 11 inches $100 + shipping

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In figure drawing class, we have about 20 minutes to capture the essence of the model. Drawing so quickly is difficult in pastel and charcoal, but is especially challenging in watercolor. Everything is fluid and the colors run into each other, rarely appearing the way you envisioned them. But sometimes that is a very good thing. I have a chance to step away from “overworking”, my favorite pastime, and create a looser, more dynamic image.

Watercolor painting of standing nude figure model

Watercolor painting 5 inches x 15 inches $100 + shipping

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Well who’d have thunk it? After checking my blog statistics, I found that there is quite a large amount of web users searching on the term “Jill Wagner Nude”. Unfortunately, (and luckily for you) I have no photos of myself in the buff. However, in an effort to keep my art audience happy, I will instead offer some of my watercolor paintings from recent figure drawing classes. Next week I will return to our weekly class and look forward to sketching in both pastel, charcoal and watercolor.

Watercolor painting 8 inches x 12 inches $100 + shipping

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Peter was our model at figure drawing class yesterday. This a watercolor painting sketch from one of his 20 minute poses. Its a bit loosey-goosey but these quick studies are very helpful in learning to paint what you see, NOT what you know.

Charcoal Drawing 13 inches x 19 inches $200 + shipping

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Nikki was our model today at figure drawing class. She is a dancer and a wonderfully expressive model. We all love to paint her. This is a quick charcoal sketch I did on gray Mi Tiente paper. Unfortunately, we found out today that she is moving to New York and won’t be returning to be our muse. We’ll miss her!

Watercolor painting 5 inches x 8 inches $100 + shipping

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Here’s another figure drawing of George, one of our favorite models at my figure drawing class. He has an unbelievably strong face and a somewhat small body. He’s very intense and interesting to draw. I did this sketch on yupo, a plastic paper. I love how the paint pools on the surface. It is difficult to control but creates a unique, fluid effect.