10 minutes

 This was the second of two 10 minute sketches.  I'll post the first one later as it was my favorite of the night.

Nora and Stephan in conté

 Some progress as the symposium rocketed along.  Each day just moved like lightning for me and I was not prepared for how deep into just drawing I was getting.  I was losing myself in the process and truly wasn't ready for each day to come to an end.

Gestures of Samm

It was good to be in familiar surroundings again with our wonderful Samm modeling for us.  As usual, we have 10 one minute gesture poses to start the evening.
 

Anya and Stephan

 The top sketch is of Anya, a model I truly wanted to draw for a long period of time.  However, she was the model for the sculptors and turn every five minutes as well as changing her pose after a full turn to accommodate each sculptor and their particular pose.  So I only got one five minute chance and I worked with a similar pose to "flesh" it out.  

  The bottom sketch shows both Stephan and Anya, separate poses, as well as a couple of different poses.  The upper right sketch of the nose and eyes is of Nora.  

Gettin' better

 The image of Nora was drawn on day one from the far end of the studio but she kept turning her head.   It didn't matter that much as my eyesight made defining detail in her face quite a challenge.  The image of Will was the one I did on the mezzanine studio where I was much closer to the model.  It was a single 2 hour pose at the end of the first day.

Gestures and poses cut short

 Most of these are from the first day, where I was still feeling my way around and trying not to be intimidated or try too hard.  The two single drawings were poses I thought were a lot longer than they were, hence I ended up trying to finish with very little in the way of structure to work with.  I share my poor efforts as well as ones I am proud of.

Some "finished" stuff

 This page is the result of three different poses.  All three major models are represented.  The upper right image is of Stephan leaning on his hoop, the prop he uses in his act with Cirque du Soleil.