the art of Will Terrell

I was able to make it out to figure drawing group tonight. I decided to stick with col-erase colored pencil tonights since that’s what I’ve been drawing with a lot the last week or so. I like the results. I try to stay with red/orange and blue for most of these. My thanks to Lando for hosting the group this week. If you’re in the Lubbock/West Texas area and you’re interested in figure drawing, please visit our site at www.drawinglubbock.com for updates on figure drawing dates and times.

-Will

2 minute warm-up sketches

15 minute sketches

5 minute sketches

We had a good group of marks at the walmart this week. It was a lot of fun trying to catch them all. Although we did get busted. Which almost never happens. Luckily everyone seemed to really enjoy their sketches.

Here’s a sketch I did at the Figure drawing group tonight.  This was a long pose session, so I tried to spend more time on one drawing than I usually do.  This was actually my second sketch, which I spent about an hour on.  Its a combination of Pen/Ink, washes, Prizma marker and white out pen.  I really enjoyed the session, and I am looking forward to doing more.

If you are looking to do figure drawing in Lubbock, check out the group website or just stop by!

Figure Drawing Group last night was good.  My friend Jenn was the model, dressed as a Flamenco dancer.  I wanted to keep the art loose so I grabbed my jar of dirty ink water and used it to do washes.  I forgot my blow-dryer though so the washes weren’t as graceful as I would like.  It was still fun to do.   My thanks to Robert who’s running the figure drawing group now for keeping things interesting and keeping it going.  Its much appreciated.

-Will

I got to hang out at the figure drawing group picnic this weekend. It was good brisket and brownies, and great company. We had our model Casey pose for us outside for a change. Clothed of course, don’t want to get the neighbors talking. It was fun. I always rush when I do figure drawing for some reason. I guess because I haven’t been in the routine of it for so long that I don’t feel comfortable like I used to. So I did this quick gray wash sketch and hung out the rest of the time. I think it turned out alright.

-Will

We had several artists drive in from Big Spring for the figure drawing group tonight. That’s wild! I continued this week with sketching with prisma colors on butcher paper. I’m really having fun with the colors. Although I tend to focus less on the figure when I’m doing that.

I’m also letting my caricature instincts come out more this time around with the group. I was always trying to restrain myself to realistic figure drawing but that’s just not natural for me. And I don’t have the proper instruction around these parts to get to where I want to go with that. So this is the next best thing and its definitely been a lot of fun. Here is a link to one of the nights drawings.

Back into figure drawing. Its’ been about 3 months since the Sketch Club figure drawing group has met. So its nice to be back. I missed last week but I hear it was good. This week we had Steve as our model, he was dressed in a kilt with bagpipes. He was fun to draw. I wanted to try something different so I drew on brown paper with prismacolor pencils. I was not expecting to use as many colors as I did but I really like the results. Definitely something to try again.

If you’re interested in coming out to the figure drawing group or modeling for us, we meet Wednesdays from 6:30 – 9:00 at the Garden and Arts center. You can contact Robert Garza at super1701b@gmail.com for more information.

-Will

I’ve been feeling particularly creative lately, especially with digital painting, I’ve really been enjoying it, and I’m inching closer and closer to that realism I’ve always wanted. I think I got a little lazy towards the beard, but I’m happy with the rest of this. This was about 2 hours in Photoshop.

–Will

A while back I posted the drawing for this painting, I got stuck painting it after about the first pass. I dont have a lot of experience with watercolors. So I just set it aside. After this big commission this week I feel really comfortable with watercolors, so when that was wrapped up today I pulled this out and finished it up.

What do you guys think?

–Will

This was a warm up sketch. Trying to get recharged for the next big project. I like when I find new music. Especially when it inspires me to paint. She was inspired. I’m ready to get back to work.

–Will