Cast Drawing Boot Camp At Grand Central Atelier

This summer I tried my hand at cast drawing again, this time in the Grand Central Atelier boot camp.  I thought boot camp would be much harder than the regular course, but it was actually a lot easier.  Knowing there was a limited amount of time forced me to just do the work and not obsess on every little thing.

I decided to try doing lips this time.  I started out by blocking in the shape of the cast.

Then the real work starts, shading in the drawing.

As you can see, we moved very slowly, covering a tiny bit of the paper at a time.

This is where I ended up after working right up to the last minute of class.  Obviously, I could have spent another month on this drawing, but I'm pretty pleased with how far I got on it as I spent months working on my ear and was not able to finish it.

Cast drawing is hard, but you learn so much and you don't have to worry about the model moving!

Thanks to GCA and our instructor Justin Wood.  It was a great way to spend a summer week.