I’m enjoying side-profile portraits.
And it helps when the model has well defined structure too. Having a well defined jaw-line and cheek bones eases plotting out the negative space around the shoulder up to the chin, and measuring the rest of the features on the face.
Aretha Franklin was part of our soundtrack tonight.
Our model tonight was from Chile and called Florencia.
Giving me guidance, my class tutor is Frank Gambino, trained as a graphic designer, however in recent years his main practise is in portraiture and figure studies. Frank’s studio is in Belsize Park, London, where he works on commissions and runs popular life drawing classes. However, conveniently for me, he is also running classes in East London, at the Tokarska Gallery.
The Tokarska Gallery, a contemporary art gallery run by emerging artist Nadiya Pavliv-Tokarska.