Figuredrawing.net

Possibly Hacked

Daniel — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:28:42 +0000

It looks like the site was the victim of a possible hack. It’s back up and running now so please enjoy.

Pastel Sale

Daniel — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:51:46 +0000

I am letting go of some old favorites in a Special Sale. The larger size, 22″ x 30″ are $40.00. The smaller size, 15″ x 22″ are $25.00. All are on Rives BFK or Stonehenge papers, wrapped in acid free plastic sleeves. Contact me to purchase.

Teaching at the Brush & Palette

Daniel — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:58:54 +0000

I’m teaching figure drawing at the Brush & Palette on a new day and time — Monday afternoons from 2pm — 5pm.
The session is 3 hours. Space is limited, please call for availability and costs.

BRUSH & PALETTE CREATIVE ARTS

4962 SE JENNINGS AVE
PORTLAND, OR 97267–6133 | view map
Please RSVP: (423) 653‑6565 or (503) 654‑1971

Parking is tricky, the green space on this map is what’s available.

Ilima will be the Model, Monday, May 14, 2012.

About Figuredrawing.net

Daniel — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:01:11 +0000

Hello, I’m Daniel Gill and this is a collection of my life drawings in pastel, ink and oil. Here you’ll find my musings on drawing, painting and working with figure models as well as my notes and thoughts on art, sketches from my books and a history of my work in figures since about 2003.

This site is used by Georges Le Chevallier at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh online in his Drawing 101 class. Please feel free to use it as a resource to study the figure, comment on the work, and share your options an art, the process and drawing in general. Also use the contact form to get in touch.

Some of this work is available for purchase, including a series of sketches, at my Etsy store. Prints and cards are available, check the store for details,

Portrait of Samantha

Daniel — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:02:54 +0000

This is my first pastel portrait of Samantha and her first long term pose at Hipbone Studio in Portland, Oregon. I finished this drawing in two sessions, it’s done in Nupastels on unfamiliar paper that a student traded me for my traditional Stonehenge. It took me a while to get used to the texture. The tooth is soft and most of the pastel falls off of the surface. I was frustrated with the first layer and considered scrapping the drawing. I was going to paint in oil on the second session but had forgotten to prep when the time came. I pulled this one back out of the ash can and spent the next three hours or so tweaking it. That’s Samantha’s body, she says her face looks like a hybrid of her and Catherine Deneuve.

Check out Samantha’s hats at Etsy.

Paintings and Prints at O’Malley’s

Daniel — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:22:26 +0000

Scot Smith asked me to show at his place, O’Malley’s in SE Portland. I have a selection of limited edition prints on masonite as well as original oils on view throughout the month of May.

Thanks Scot!

O’Malley’s Saloon & Grill
6535 SE Foster Road
Portland, OR 97206–4661
(503) 777‑0495 ‎

Model Marathon Man

Daniel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:43:17 +0000

There was another Model Marathon at Hipbone Studio this past Sunday, number 52. I stopped by Muse Art+Design and picked up a new sketchbook, this time with a soft cover. There were 9 models for 9 hours, I drew eight of them. My favorites were the first and last models with the second one running a close second. I wish Olive had gotten the chance to do some gestures. She takes amazing poses. You should check out Glass Olive on Model Mayhem.

All You Sisters

Daniel — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:48:36 +0000

It’s been my pleasure to work with a model named Samantha Beasley (Sister Thyme) as both an inspiration for my abstract work as well as my figure drawings. I made these from Samantha’s début at Hipbone Studio. I’m collaborating with her on a book called Sister Thyme, my drawings of her coupled with her musings on art and modeling. A couple of pages are featured below.

Back to Ink

Daniel — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:22:49 +0000

I’m starting a couple of books with Ariel and Sister Thyme and I’ve switched back to ink to make them. These are drawings made at Hipbone over the last several weeks featuring Zach, Casey, Johnny and leah. Ink on paper from my sketchbooks.

Retrospective

Daniel — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:09:45 +0000

I’ve had too much coffee today and I’ve been thinking about figure drawing, finding my voice as a painter and what’s lead me to the series I’m doing now. I started working with the figure seriously about a year after I’d moved to Portland, back in 2002. I was teaching Illustration at PNCA and I’d gone out for a walk after a matinee at the Lauelhurst. I passed by Hipbone Studio, in those days it was in a storefront on Ankeny, looked at the work in the window and decided to stop in with my newsprint pad. I’d done figure drawing before in the odd class here and there, taught it a few times at my college and The Portfolio Center but never had the chance to do figure drawing on a weekly basis. I drew there a couple of times and at PNCA and I got hooked.

Here’s a gallery of some of those early drawing, most were on newsprint and are lost. The klunkers are here along with the keepers. I’ve heard it said moe than once that it takes about 10,000 hours to master anything. Looking back at these drawings, I believe that’s the truth.

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