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.

Cast Drawing At Grand Central Atelier

Hello All!

If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have been out of commission with a broken shoulder.  It will be a bit before I am back to painting, but I am going to attempt to put up some blog posts.  I am typing with one hand so there won't be a lot of text, but I have lots of pictures to show you.

First up, I did a cast drawing course at Grand Central Atelier.  Around this time last year, I was feeling burned out and bored with what I was doing.  I actually thought it might have been time to move on from painting and start doing something else.  After thinking about this for a few months, I decided to try something completely different than I had ever done before.  I had never done cast drawing before, so I decided to give that a try.

Cast drawing is completely different from my usual way of working.  It is very precise and you can spend weeks working on one little area.  It turned out to be just what I needed to jumpstart my artistic life.

Here are some photos of my progression of an ear cast.  I have reached my typing limit, but if you have any questions, leave me a comment and I'll answer there.

The above photo is where I ended the last night of class.  This was such a good exercise for me.  I'm hoping to do it again this summer.