Procreate ink and white pencil. The reference for this was from a series of photos that I took almost 30 years ago with my friend David who was dancer and taught colour guard to high school students. Sadly most of the negatives disappeared before I could scan them so I only have scans of finished photos printed on textured paper so they don't look so great. I have at least one more that might be better now as a drawing and "redeem" my old photos somehow. We had a lotto fun and he was so great as a model, I wish I knew what happened to him.
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Again, there's real solidity of figure, especially the hands and arms. I like the color ones better as they feel more solid, but this one is right up with the recent bunch. Well done. Cool poses to work from, too.
I am trying to get back to some of my old "rules" for ink drawings. I like solid areas pure black and white and some ambiguous sections to keep it looking interesting. I have also been listening to discussion about the "death if figurative art" which mostly talk about how it has been dying out in the "art world" and moving into other mediums like animation and comic art. The in-soot with many seems to be it has become too much about the brush strokes and technique and needs to be more "of our time" by branching out into what is happening in the wold now subject wise and less anchored in traditional figurative subject matter. I have to agree. I started doing portraits of people like Cecil Haye because I wasn't seeing that done in tradition medium anywhere at the time. I think some of my stuff is still there but too much of it could have been 100 years ago.
I can understand artists wanting to branch away from just plain figurative drawing as there's SO much of it. And experimentation keeps art alive. But there's plenty of room still for well drawn figures. And heck, portraits, which is my favorite of the fine art subjects. Kehinde Wiley is worth looking up if you don't know his work. He does very classically inspired oil portraits usually of young black men. His stuff hangs in museums and is both beautiful and makes commentary. The MFA has one of his portraits. So keep going!
Wiley is a great example of keeping figurative and representative art fresh and alive. I have yet to try a real portrait in my current colour style. I do think I need more story in my work.
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