life drawing class

Sketches of the Louvre and Pont Neuf as seen from the Seine river, ©Patrick McDonnell

Photographs of my teacher, Mr Siegfried Hahn who taught me how to draw and paint using the old master techniques as elaborated by Jacques Maroger.http://www.patrickmcdonnell.com/Mr%20Hahn/photossiegfriedh.html

A page devoted to the art of my 'master' Siegfried Hahn on my site patrickmcdonnell.comhttp://www.patrickmcdonnell.com/Mr%20Hahn/index.html

Sketch for Kristy King portrait, spaghetti strap black top.

I did this sketch of Notre Dame from photographs I took. It is not the best way to work, as an on the spot sketch gives you a better idea of what you are doing, as you can walk around and see. Sketching from photos is tricky, I usually try to do a sketch and photos.

This is a version of my view of Notre Dame; I took the original sketch and scanned it into Photoshop to play around to see if I could get a etching like effect. Without having to smell the acid bath ( I was trained in etching techniques at the Ecole des Beaux Arts Paris).