Gestures of Samm

 Samm really gave us some wonderful gesture poses.  So much fun to work with the dynamics she displayed.

 

 

Like a racoon

 My favorite of the evening.  Last pose before the break and I had about 9 minutes.  I loved the shadows around her eyes and bridge of her nose.  I opted to work the areas of interest rather than get all of the pieces knocked in, leaving a much more incomplete drawing than I already have.  At least this one looks artistic in its choices.

The long pose

 I had an entirely different plan for this pose but it wasn't working out so I started building out, and I'm glad I did.

Headed to Roots

 Earlier this year we had the good fortune to have a small screech owl family spend some time in our trees.  They were fairly tolerant of my constant picture taking.  Charcoal and white pastel 4.5 x 6.5.

Darn that clock!

 I was really, really enjoying this drawing (really, I was) when time ran out.  The movement would have been awesome to capture but all I had the time for was to indulge in those beautiful shadows.  I would have had an absolute ball rendering the rib cage and belly.  Alas...

Hand on hip

 I'm really loving the shadows that we are getting these last couple of weeks.  This is a partial torso sketch based around the cast shadow.  The drawing ain't much but the journey was fun.

Gestures of Samm

 

As always, Samm just does an amazing job for The Black Hand Group.