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Sculpting and drawing from life

Is there anything in the world more beautiful than the female form?  I don’t think so. For people that haven’t experienced it, there is a vast difference between the sensual appreciation of beauty and sexuality.  Sometimes they verge, but when I sculpt and draw, they do not.  I think it is a different part of your brain that is analyzing and sensing forms.  At the Oslo painting club, I drew from the model for a couple of hours and the next night I did a 3 hour sculpture study.  I noticed a chair when I came to the drawing, painting session, where I was going to go for a sculpture. I didn’t count on a chair, I assumed a 3 hours pose would be some sort of reclining pose.  So, I had to be creative and I ran outside and found a cobblestone that seemed to be about the right height for the size of sculpture I was going to do. It worked out fine. It is challenging, after 3 hours of non stop focus and concentration, my brain is fried. I stopped by the Sand Gallery on the way back, some nice guy let me in after hours. His name is Aune, nice paintings in the gallery, big canvases, figurative work in oil.