Sometime in February I participated in the BBC’s Life Drawing Live, TV production! It happened to be on a Tuesday which is my usual life drawing day at the school of art, which starts at ten o’clock and goes on till five – but it didn’t end there for me! At the end of my class, I packed up and headed straight for the Arts centre (up a somewhat steep hill). It was quite nerve-racking waiting for the production to start, but after a little glass of wine on the generosity of the Arts Centre, I felt much more at ease.
When the show started we were presented with posses that consisted of three to thirty minutes. I expected the last pose to be much longer, this new layout was challenging, not that I’m complaining, I’m just more familiar with five-minute posses or three hours.
It was also interesting having these BBC tutors that didn’t like styled drawings and was much more interested in you getting the figures completely accurate and lifeless. I think I’ve been very lucky with my tutor Paul Webster who encourages both accuracy and artistic license.
In hindsight this was a good experience for me, I find working from a screen much more difficult than drawing from life, your naked eye picks up more details than a lens. I would recommend drawing from a screen immediately as, I think it makes drawing in the class feel significantly easier!
Also the BBC featured this drawing on their website!
Dottie-may Aston 