When Brine joined the cyberspace-based figure drawing group that I participate with, things started happening fast! Brine's intensity and passion for drawing the human form were extremely evident right away. As a part of the group, he has created far and away the most drawings of any of the group's artists. I couldn't have been more pleased when not only did he do a drawing of me, he did three drawings of me all at the same time! And, in an act of wonderful and greatly appreciated generosity, Brine even offered to send the original drawings to me. I couldn't agree fast enough! I have the originals now and they are quite a treasure to me.
One of these three drawings was based on the same pose that the very first group project was done from. Brine titled it "Ben Sitting".
This is another in the first series of three drawings, titled "Ben Jumping". I think this drawing, in particular, reveals Brine's animated, positive, and seemingly carefree approach to life and to figure drawing especially.
Yet another in the first series of three drawings, titled "Ben on the Sofa". I think this drawing, is the most serious of the three. I think the detail work and the depiction of the Sofa and how the figure is incorporated into that really shows Brine's talent as an artist.
Brine called this drawing "Ben Rocks". This drawing was created from the 'Rock Climbing' photo shown in the 'hiking and dipping' section. I had a lot of fun making that photo, and Brine made it even more fun for me by creating a drawing from it. Although I'm not really very adventurous, I feel like the drawing captures the more adventurous spirit in me, and I quite like that feeling. I really like this drawing.
This drawings of Brine's, called "Pumpkin Boys" was the result of some seasonal poses that a couple of us models in the cyberspace-based drawing group decided to create. Obviously, I'm not the only subject in this drawing, and it is included here by permission of both Brine, the artist, and the other model. I think it's a really fun and lighthearted drawing. I was tickled to be a part of it.
At one point, Ismael, one of the other cyberspace-based drawing group's artists, asked for the group's models to replicate poses similar to the classic "St. Sebastian". I just couldn't keep myself from making the attempt. Some time later, Brine decided to use the replicated pose to create a drawing he called "St. Ben". He does know how to flatter a model, that's for sure. It's both a fascinating and pretty cool drawing.
One day, Crystal, one of the cyberspace-based figure drawing group's artists, did a single drawing of 4 different group models from 4 different photos at the same time. This drawing was called "models at rest" and can be seen by clicking here . The idea sparked interest in creating a group assignment doing something similar and the assignment was created. I was one of the four potential models involved. To me it seemed like an extremely difficult assignment and I was fascinated to watch as each artist who participated overcame the challenges and created a drawing, each in a different way. This drawing, by Brine, shows 3 of the 4 potential models in a drawing that Brine called "shunned". I think it is a very colorful drawing reflecting a fairly accurate portrayal of the original models.
Another of the cyberspace-based drawing group's artists, asked for the group's models to attempt some headstand poses. I knew I couldn't really do that very well, if at all, but decided to at least make the attempt. Unfortunately, what I was able to do was not what the requesting artist was looking for. But, I thought it was an interesting pose and I hoped that maybe one of the group's artists would do a drawing from it. I was quite pleased when Brine did just that. He did the drawing on colored paper and without color (other than black and white). I think the red adds to the feeling of the drawing - which to me says "strain and tension". Of course I may understand that feeling as I was actually standing on my head, and that was certainly what I felt :-).
This pose is from a series of poses that I called "at rest". I admire how Brine, as accomplished as he clearly is as an artist, will from time to time decide to vary his approach to his drawings. As can be seen by this drawing, called "Ben Sleeping", and the just prior one called "Ben Handstand", Brine is using only black and white on a colored paper. I'm amazed at how his choice of background/color of paper impacts the drawing and helps to define the mood of it. "Ben Sleeping" seems wonderfully peaceful and fitting in its green background setting.
I was, of course, quite pleased when it was announced that a group project would be done from one of a very large series of poses that I had been working on that I called "Props" - because I used sticks, boxes, tables, etc., to help with the pose. I also created a black background, giving a particular feel to many of the photos. The project was to use this effect and draw on a dark background, working from light to dark, to develop the drawing, somewhat like a a negative. I really like the effect that the lighting and this approach gives this drawing.
Brine called this drawing "Ben's Back". He indicated that it took him almost a month after he drew it to share it, because he was so busy. It made me appreciate that much more that he took the time to do it at all. What stands out to me, personally, about the drawing, however, is that I nearly didn't even include the reference photo that Brine created it from when I created the series of photos that it was a part of. I didn't like how the black 'background' partly covered my right foot, and very nearly discarded the photo for that reason. I'm glad that I didn't, and it must have motivated Brine in any case. He indicated it is a pen & ink drawing.
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