Artist Spotlight, Janet Dodrill, at 2B Or Not 2B Collective

By Janet Dodrill

Life drawing has saved my life over the past year. I am thoroughly amazed at the professionalism and creativity of the artists, models and coordinators.

Since 2017, I have explored urban sketching, Plein air, life drawing, and portrait painting groups, and love oil painting on canvas from long poses.

In March 2020, starting online sessions when time (luckily, working from home as a graphic designer and web designer through the pandemic), I’ve gained a sense of community, sketching from shorter poses on a smaller paper size due to limited space!

Materials include watercolor, ink, pencil/graphite, watercolor pencil, marker, charcoal, gouache, and acrylic, prepped watercolor paper trying techniques, mixed media paper in tones and weights, and iPad for 1-5 minute poses and transitional movement.

A favorite is animal life drawing from live sessions with handlers, professional video footage or stills, and even from webcams!

2BOrNot2B Collective has done an amazing job. I also look forward to drawing from their incredible replays.

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Janet Dodrill during the Peninsula Art Academy Plein Air Competition, Fall 2020.

The Wandering Sketchers, Zoom sketch session, 2020. Drawing by Janet Dodrill.

Tomika, model, at Drawn to the Valley, Valley Art Center, open portrait studio. Oil painting by Janet Dodrill.

Urban Sketchers Cleveland sketch event at Heinen’s downtown, 2020. Watercolor study by Janet Dodrill.