Welcome to my Art Blog! I paint or draw most weekdays and often finish a painting a day. I fondly call them my "Postcards from Paradise" because it's such a beautiful place the Lord made here for us.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Gesture Drawings and Quick Figure Studies

Quick studies can be charming, with their simplified gesture, while still revealing proportions and form. When I'm working on these, I frequently think I haven't gotten much information down on the paper. Later as I look at them I realize there is a lot there. I hope you enjoy these. If you'd like any of them, or my other figurative pieces, you can easily purchase here at my DailyPainters Gallery.

(top, left) "Legs in the Air" 15"x12"
Original Charcoal and Chalk on Grey Paper

©2009 Diana Moses Botkin


(left)
"Studying the Ground"
12"x18"

Original Charcoal and Chalk
on Grey Paper

©2009 Diana Moses Botkin

4 comments:

Donna PierceClark said...

Your figure studies are just beautiful!!

Diana Moses Botkin said...

Thanks for dropping by, Donna. One of these weeks I'd like to get started on some more involved projects using some of these poses as inspiration.

suzanneberry said...

diana, i love your figure studies. i just can't seem to get enough of them. so free in their movement, beautifully done. and thank you for the kind words. much needed. i need to relax, paint and enjoy. thank you!
again amazing studies.

suzanneberry said...

..and thank you for get well wishes for himself. we're on the elderberry, thanks for the tip!