Post Thanksgiving blues

Hard to even sit up this Monday after four days off.  I feel her ennui...

Sketchy

I really enjoyed finding all of the interesting shapes and how they interacted with one another.

Her left foot

I had a lot of fun with this one.  So many fun little shapes in her foot leading to larger shapes in her leg, lower torso and finally into her back.  Would like to really finish out her foot but let the rest bleed out into obscurity.

Head study

Quick study of Lady J's head.  I love the parallel lines of her neck and eyes and even her nose and forehead.  It's a fun little sketch.

Gestures of Lady J

And so it begins.

Simple and elegant

What a great pose.  Such a very ordinary position yet our model's figure accentuated the wonderful lines created by the tension created by her right arm holding up her slight frame.  Wish the rest of my work for the night was as interesting as this was.

Torso

Good sense of mass with this sketch.  Don't think I really would need to finish this one at all.  Says what it needs to.

Relaxed

Nice, simple pose.  Would like to have finished this one, especially her foot and some more of the drapery.  Of course, the face would've been nice as well.

Long pose

Surprised how fast 25 minutes go by.  Did not get nearly as much done with this as I should have.  Gettin' slow in my old age.

Gestures of Lady B

A couple of these gestures would've been very nice to finish as drawings.  Lady B did a terrific job for us.

Seated nude

One of the few sketches I was okay with.

All knees and, well, almost an elbow

Last sketch of the night and not finished.  S'alright.

Conté sketch

I love working with conté crayon.  Especially the red tones such as terra cotta.  Really creates a nice image.

Model stride

Just getting in sync with the model again.  Not sure I had a great (or even good) night but we'll see how they play out over the next few posts.

The gestures of Miss A

I think my gestures may have been the best work I did all night.  That ain't sayin' much.

Basics

I like the heavy-ish outline used here to accentuate the basic shapes in this one.  Still, I won't be leaving my charcoal pencils behind this week.

Back to back

A couple of different treatments of similar poses.

Study of the noggin

Fun with shapes.  Lots of soft ovals in this.  Not even upset that I didn't get it finished.

Taking a seat

A quick 5 minute sketch.