Hmph!

So much for my love affair with terra cotta! I struggled mightily with this drawing and, ultimately, failed. Not sure what the problem was...

Twofer

The head study is okay but I'm not thrilled with the seated sketch. Should've put some effort into the head and defined the fact th...

Best Drawing of the Night

Best drawing in a long time. I loved this pose during gestures, but I am even more pleased with this result. Simple, strong and elegant. ...

Last Night at the YAM

The gestures from last night. Pretty hit or miss for me the whole evening although tomorrow's image is one of my favorites from probabl...

Last coupla scratchin's

eh

Last decent drawing of the night

Another one I was pretty happy with. Love the terra cotta look. Tomorrow you'll see how I fell off the beam for the last couple of ske...

My favorite drawing of the night

White charcoal accenting the highlights seems to work for this one. I had a blast doing it.

Monday's duo

Got a little enamored with the left hand of the charcoal sketch. Shades of my desire to be like J C Coll. Solid enough drawings, nothing g...

Seeing double

I thought that I liked the top image but when it was all said and done I hadn't accomplished what I intended so I just did the next pose...

Minimal

I enjoyed the minimal manner in which I rendered this drawing, concentrating on the lights and darks rather than any linear marks. I am esp...

The return

Jeff graciously filled in for us as model and did his usual great job.

Final sketch of the evening

I was pretty happy with this one even if I went back to charcoal for it. The long lines and the cast shadow give this the look of a prelimi...

Relaxed

Again with the conté! Oh, well, if it works...

A coupla more

Really blew the charcoal but I am very happy with the conté drawing. I go in spurts and right now the conté crayon is giving me the best re...

A Monday duo

For some reason the conté seems to give me a nicer look these days. I'm becoming enamored with the terra cotta on newsprint look again.

Gettin' warmed up

Still letting the surface dictate my technique. Later I start to impose my will a bit. I'm interested to see how this goes.

Some gestures

Thursday night saw a bigger group and, I think, a better set of drawings from me. Here are the gestures.

Hmmm, not bad if I do say so

This one made my night.

Back to basics

Pretty happy with this one. Nice big shapes and pretty simple shading. Better placement on the page would have helped.

Black Robe

I really loved this pose. Wish I had done it justice. Again, Angry Hanks plus drawing equals a very hazy experience.

A little tighter

but still pretty basic. This stuff reminds me of Burne Hogarth's approach. Not in the dynamics but with just seeing the large shapes.

What was I thinking?

There were a number of reasons for my very loose work last Thursday night. I didn't have my glasses. It had been a month since I last d...

Nice pose but...

I seem to have had a problem centering the drawing on the page. Too bad, it was a really good pose.

New stuff for a new year

Sara was kind enough to open 2011 for us. Here are the gestures from last night. I have gone back to newsprint, as you may be able to tell...

Another supine pose

I just think the models get tired of standing. I believe this was our most often drawn model, Deb.

Unfinished #...

heh, too many unfinished drawings to ever be able to put a number to. This model was named Cassie and she may have been the most perfectly ...

Sinew

Long and lean body on this male model really gave the artists some great shapes to work with. The connections between muscle and bone are v...

Untitled #9

Ambiguous title for an ambiguous pose. I've always liked this pose from our models. The perspective makes for an almost landscape imag...

Lost

Jenny again. That haircut is so recognizable. I always had fun drawing her. As for the drawing itself, my illustration tendencies seem to...

Happy New Year

Something old to ring in the new year. This model, who posed for us for a couple of years, had a wedge cut coif that was nigh unto impossibl...