Nude a day 46: See a pin and pick it up

See a pin and pick it up - All the day you'll have good luck!

See a pin and let it lie - Have bad luck until you die!

All because of a pin! Anyway,

I had good luck that day. I am very pleased with this sketch.

See my video on how I draw nudes at https://youtu.be/E2BjhefGGGk

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude a day 43: The kiss

Special picture for my granddaughters Anouk and Juna who love all dogs especially their own.

Use this as your Valentine
I thought you might like to use this picture for your Valentine so here is the poem to go with it, written by my husband Nick.

The scene was so sweet, spontaneous, romantic! My model brought her dog. She struck this unusual pose and I quickly placed the limbs and the extreme angle and forgot the proportions! Her dog ran up to her and give her a kiss on the lips. Such a lovely moment!

Picture: Pastel on pastel paper.

See my video on how I draw nudes at https://youtu.be/E2BjhefGGGk

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude a day 42: A is for Angela

Dark blue crayon on white water colour paper 38 x 31 cm

How compact and triangular this pose is. I like it!

Watch the vid!

This is my video about how I draw nudes,  See if you like it.

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude a day 36: Reading the paper

Pastel on sand coloured pastel paper 26 x 30 cm

I like the overall softness, the delicate colours and the suggestion rather than the sharply defined features. Like a soft summer haze, this is how it turned out.

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Video of how I draw nudes - on line now! Click above

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

 

Nude a day 26: Red curls tossed back

Pastel on sand coloured pastel paper. 35 x 22 cm

15 minute pose. I use the charcoal very lightly and get into a mess with my hands. I clean my work with a putty eraser which you can shape into sharp points for detail. With a putty eraser there is a different technique for using it. You don't go left to right, You press it down and lift it up and it lifts the charcoal off the paper.

This is more a drawing than a painting because of the colours and the paper colour. The charcoal outline is more of a drawing. I like the way her profile is balanced by her mass of curly hair.

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude a day 25: Cheek on my arm

Charcoal on white paper. 25.5 x 40 cm

Charcoal is so versatile and will give you all the depths and subtleties of a black and white photograph. The black can be so intense a black and the delicate softest smudges like a faint drift of smoke almost invisible, fine and delicate. You can draw with so delicate a touch the charcoal almost floats over the surface or with such energy the charcoal splutters into fragments as you draw the fine line. Yet it is so very inexpensive. Sometimes I draw with a chunk out of a spent bonfire. That is so unpredictable, it is quite an adventure. The final result can be fixed with an aerosol spray. The drawing will not fade or darken for an extremely long time.

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude a day 23: Tonight I'll go dancing

Charcoal, 29.5 x 41 cm

Sitting on a low stool with ankles crossed. I really liked this pose. It showed the beauty of the human body. I feel pleased to have the opportunity to do what I do.

I hope you have liked the pictures so far. If you liked any of them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Anyway, please let me know what you think by commenting either on the blog or by email to me at the address above. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.!)

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colour

Nude-of-day 6: Ths swing of the dance

Charcoal on white paper. 29.5 x 41 cm

I like the swing of the body as she flows with the dance she loves to dance and it shows in her body poses.

I intend to post one nude study a day during January and February I hope you like them. If you like them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Please let me know what you think by commenting. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude-a-day 4: Relaxing with a book

 

Charcoal on white paper, 41 x 20 cm.  A girl lies and reads a book.

I intend to post one nude study a day during January and February I hope you like them. If you like them enough, you can buy the original: £100 unframed plus P & P. Email me for more information at nandnjmellersh@yahoo.co.uk.

Please let me know what you think by commenting. As we did last year we will raffle away two prints among those who comment. So start commenting for a chance for a prize.

Jeanie Mellersh

My Links: Art - www.jeanie.mellersh.org.  Videos about my life"Colourful World of Jeanie"

Nude a week 9: Male nude in green chalk

A quick sketch in green chalk of a man reaching down and away

With very quick sketches the proportion sometimes falls by the wayside as I try to get the swing of the body.  In this case the swing of the pose was my primary concern and the proportions were secondary. As a result the legs look smaller than the torso.  When you draw with chalk there is no second chance.  Erasing isn't possible.