Gestures from last night

Since we won't be meeting next week I'll be stretching these out as far as I can. The second batch of gestures tomorrow. All in al...

Last of the session

I think this may be my favorite of the night. Wish I had more time but... I'm pleased with the cast shadows and the simple manner of t...

Conté crayon

I overworked this one but I got it to the point where I am pretty happy with it. I'm starting to add conté back into my repertoire. A ...

Twofer

It's Tuesday and I'd like to say that I'm posting two for that reason. But no, I'm not. I'm posting two because I real...

I agree, turn your back on Monday

Hmph. I don't like Mondays, as the song goes.

Good start

I got a bit carried away with the little details in the face at the start and didn't get as much done as I'd hoped I would (such as ...

Back to basics

I have an affinity for drawing the back, I know.  There is just something appealing about the large, relatively unbroken planes of the back ...

Return of the Figure

Sara returns for another great session. Here are the gestures from the night.

Meanwhile, in a galaxy far...

eh, you know the rest. Tomorrow I'll put up some new life drawings.

More of the Jones'

Kinda like these.

More Topps

Hopefully I haven't posted these before. Probably variations of them, but not as a group. I will start posting new drawings Friday. M...

Some Indy for ya

Some old cards from a little ways back.

Work in Progress

I've had this on the easel for some time now.  I hope to finish it in the next couple of weeks.  I'll update when that happens.  In ...

Again with the arms

I guess I got a little over focused on the models arms for those last couple of drawings.  I was kind of thinking of Steve Huston's art ...

Fore...

arm, that is. I really got into this one. I had a blast over rendering this particular sketch and pushing the contrast. Probably my favor...

Eh...

I got lazy on this one. Mistakes in proportions, no definition in the mid-section, etc... Oh, well.

A sculptor's hand

An isolation piece. I spent a bit of time on the hand, something I have to pay more attention to. Not much to say on this one. Just a stu...

It's been a whole year

So, Happy Anniversary to my little blog. We'll leave it at that for today.

Another head study

Jeff has a great face for drawing and painting. Probably why I have so many head studies of him as well as having done a couple of painting...

Landscape

The abstract nature of the back, when rendered without the familiar outlines one associates with the figure, can sometimes remind a person o...

Two fer one

I had this drawn (completely wrong) in charcoal, erased and drew over it in conté.  Not sure why it worked better the second time but it did...

Jeffsture drawings

Thanks, Jeff. I know you would rather have been drawing but we appreciate you stepping in at the last minute.

Last of the session

Last pose. Very dramatic and one I wish I had a lot longer to work with. Instead I chose to render this very roughly and more like a penci...

Lost Edges

I had a blast working this one. I've always loved lost edges and it seemed to work here. The hair flowing over the stage and pooling o...

A couple more

Not so crazy about the leg study.  The head study was coming along but I kind of lost focus.  Alas, the price I pay for peaking with yesterd...

Ah, Bach

This was my favorite drawing of the night and my favorite drawing in a while. While keeping the Tennant article uppermost in my mind I thin...

Happy Easter

No, the drawings have nothing to do with today's holiday.  I do, however, really enjoy the shadow play that I was even more aware of thi...

Chiaroscuro

Well, not completely.  However, I went for a much higher contrast than I have been in a long time.  I'm pretty pleased with the majority...

Got in a bit late...

so I was able to only get one page of gestures done. However, Sara did such a fantastic job that I treated most of the drawings as gesture...

Hulk SMASH!!!

Okay, maybe not. Tough pose though, seven minutes with his arms locked over his head. Well done, sir. I was pretty happy with the heavy h...