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5 Nudes: Tam
Five life drawings of one model
Sadly, I’ve only been able to draw Tam on two occasions. The first time he was presented at the Elysium Bar session in Swansea’s High Street, I wasn’t sure what to make of him (which is often the case with a new model). He had an unusual look, long limbed with curly James-the-Second-like hair and was very slim but muscular. From the first pose however I was into my drawing.
Sometimes a model just inspires you with an undefinable quality, a subtle arch can convey it, a bit of a twist, a stretch, a dangling hand, something catches the eye and whets the appetite. Tam hit us with a seated back view that had him arcing over his thighs to display his defined ribcage. Fab.
The next pose was a straight forward standing one, but with an almost imperceptible but all-important twist of hips to shoulder. Again, fab. And then he did the pose shown below, and away we went:
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He’s holding on to the arm of the sofa with his right leg bent beneath him and his left arm gripping his shin in a tense pose that fully fired me up. I was so thrilled with the pose that I forgot to turn the sketch pad to landscape…
