Goodnight, '09

you were a pretty good year.

Vague

There are a lot of elements I like about this piece, not the least of which is the vague indications of the upper torso and head.  The rende...

Drape

Another headless figure. Another back shot. Another typical effort from yours truly. Good enough but not what I hope for whenever I pick ...

Just waiting

She seems to be waiting for the end of 2009.  That is how I feel.  Just a few more to go.  Ready for the new decade.  Happy Monday.

Older art to fill out the year...

and beyond.  Not sure when this was drawn but I like the natural look.  The expression and the ease of the body language.  

Only 364 more shopping days

This was the last drawing of the evening last week.  Very uninspired, as all but one of the group that night packed up early.  We were just ...

Merry Christmas

HO HO HO

I wonder what's under the tree?

With visions of sugarplums dancing in his head.

Study

I had high hopes for this as I worked on it.  It's alright but not quite what I had in mind.  Better upon looking at it after nearly a w...

Back...

back in the New York Groove!     My favorite drawing of the night.  I think I felt this might lead to better drawings the rest of the evenin...

Why oh why...

do I post images I don't like.  There was a time I wouldn't share any of my work let alone a drawing like this.  The anonymity of th...

Pensive

A little conté head shot.  Speaking of which I have a screaming headache so I'll just end this here.

A bit outside the box

I gave myself a small dimension to work with and still couldn't keep the drawing completely inside the box.  Actually, my intention was ...

Gestures, half hearted

Just didn't feel into the gesture portion of last night. Probably because my first model had to back out due to work obligations. Than...

I draw heads every once in awhile

But only every once in awhile.  This finishes last Thursday's drawings.  I was pretty happy, for the most part with the efforts.  Tonigh...

Eh...

I wasn't happy as I worked on this one.  Not crazy about the right arm and the ham-handed manner in which I handled the foreshortening o...

Do the twist

Another headless torso.  And yet, I am pleased with it.  Perhaps I have a problem, a compulsion.  I guess we'll find out as the week pla...

Partial

Another good start, in my opinion.  I wonder if I intentionally leave my work unfinished because it appeals to me more than seeing something...

It's Thursday...

so what's with the doggone stick, Henry?  Every week, it's the stick.  'Sup with that?  Actually, I was really getting into this...

The pose

really helps with the decision making process.  Sometimes you're just not sure if you feel up to really drawing as well as you want and ...

Back at last...

even if only for a couple of sessions. Here is the gesture page. We got a late start so cut the gestures to five.

Farm wife

A fairly tight conté drawing from a sitting long ago.  I turned out several decent pieces from this session.  If you're reading this Ger...

Another portrait from the past

This really wasn't that long ago.  Another little head shot from a model who has since moved on.  

Cep in Buckskin

Loren Entz lent me the buckskin dress for photo reference and Cep was kind enough to model it for me.  Went for a subtle look on this one.

Seated

This was fairly early on in our tenure at the Yellowstone Art Museum.  It's on craft paper hence the color.  I really like the way the c...

Erin redux

Another drawing of our intrepid Miss E.  This seems to have been when I was purposely thinking along the lines of N. Fechin.  The methodical...

Profile

Erin is another of our regular models although she has been MIA for a few months.  But that is something that we have learned to accept and ...

Shande again

She did love her sleep. Seriously, Shande was a terrific model for us. Lots of interesting drawings came out of our sessions by a lot of d...

A little portrait

From a couple of years ago. Shande was one of our steady models and you may recognize her from a few posts. Alas, she left for school and ...

Portrait of a friend

Always liked drawing Concepcion, especially when it was fairly informal. Kinda partial to this one.

Another dog of a drawing

Something different

A scruffy way to start the day. Smile and the whole world smiles with you.

Last of the new...

A final look at Sara.  I kind of like this one and purposely kept it to a head shot.  I actually wanted to leave it without any indication o...

Perchance to dream

Another similar pose to Wednesdays.  The same reasons apply as to why I like these poses, the weight of the figure collapsing in upon itself...

A few more

Just a couple more over the next three days to finish off the latest session.  Then I'll dredge up some of the older work.  Oofda, turke...

Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy the love of family and friends today, and hopefully everyday.

Repose...

or perhaps she's just resting before that big Thanksgiving Day feast. Regardless, these are some of my favorite poses. With the angle ...

I got your back

Okay, corny I know. Generic drawing as well. Competent but nothing special. I think that with the upcoming holidays I get a bit distracte...

Okay, back on track

Much happier with this one. Not a great drawing but at least the pose didn't make me look foolish. Got a little too enamored with the...

Uh, oops

Only explanation is that this pose kicked my butt.  And it was only five minutes long.  And... this pose simply kicked my backside.

Basic Construction

I started the evening with the simple construction of the figure.  Five minutes.  I'm actually heartened by this little effort.

Gestures and thoughts

Okay, maybe just gestures.

Final two of the night

I believe I ran out of steam at the end here.  I sort of like the back shot but I just went through the motions with the last piece.  I thin...

... and better

Alright, I actually like most of this one.  The design and execution all work for me.

Better, I think

Standard pose.  Standard drawing.  I'm happy with most of it but am disappointed that I seem to be missing the spark that makes these sh...

Win some...

Would I like to blame this drawing on poor choice of materials?  Of course!  However, I just felt befuddled by this pose.  There's nothi...

Take a seat

Pretty pleased with the direction this one was going.  Not enough time but what got done was encouraging.  Even the flow of the draped sheet...