Last post of 2015

This reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Kent Williams.  Only because I realized I had severely messed up the pose and quickly knocked in the outline of the actual pose Lady J held for half an hour.  I like this drawing and think it's a good one to finish out the year on.

An older(ish) sketch of Molly

From back in August.  Molly has done quite a nice job for us.

Third time's a charm

Lady J loves this pose.  I like it as well as it gives us a chance to really draw the figure elongated without being tethered to the ground.  Also, the bend to the back is interesting.  Here are the other two drawings from previous sessions of the same pose.

  

This is the first one and my favorite result.  Knowing that she is going to use this pose repeatedly gives me the opportunity to concentrate on different aspects of the pose.

The second time I was faced with this pose.  Compare it to the other two and you can see how I started to simplify the sketch and focus  less on finish and more on construction.

Long holiday blues

A fun study of Lady J.  Lot's of bone to render with the tight musculature.  Yeah, it may not be the most flattering study but it was not only a blast to draw it was educational.  I really had to pay attention to the way the ribs not only wrapped around to the back but how they interacted with her latissimus dorsi.

Merry Christmas

I wish everyone who stops by a very Merry Christmas.  Have a great holiday with those you love and enjoy some great art wherever you may find it.

Lady J

Sometimes I just like things left in an incomplete form.  Frankly, more often than not that is what appeals to me.  Probably why I love drawings so much more than paintings, seeing what the artist is thinking rather than, often, something so polished that the passion is hidden beneath a coat of immaculately applied paint.  That's not to say I don't appreciate paintings, but I prefer the sketch.

Just sitting 'round

5 minute pose and I just didn't feel like drawing a folded up pose.  Hence a little study.

Abstract torso

Not sure if the sketch is interesting but it was fun to draw.

Gestures of Lady J

Last session of 2015 and it was a good one.  Here are the gesture drawings of Lady J.  She did a terrific job, again.  Very dynamic.

Favorite from the night

Just had a ball doing this little head study.

Back to posting

We had a bit of a fire at the office and I haven't had access to my files til now.  Here is a nice little sketch of Lady D.  Would like to finish this off and I don't think it would take much to get this where I would be happy with it.

Simple start

Just getting started when the timer goes off.  Time waits for no man.

Some gestures of Lady D

Got off to a rough and sluggish start last night.  There are a couple of decent gestures here but I was pretty rusty last night.

Not much there

Just enough to get the point across.  I liked how this was coming along but it must've been a short one for me to have only gotten this far.

Red conté

Such great shapes in this sketch.  A bit too heavy with the line work along the hip and upper back.  Still, this was a great pose.

A bit sketchy

Not a lot of confident lines thrown here.  If I had finished more of the face this drawing would have benefitted greatly.

On early Courage sketch

Haven't looked at this in some time.  Has a classical feel to it.  May come back to this one.

From over a year ago

It's that time of year where obligations keep me from consistently attending the group or the holidays interrupt the schedule (as they will in three weeks).  So I have to wander into the archives and see some of the stuff I didn't really feel good about posting initially.  This one ain't so bad, though.

After image

Little hint of another drawing behind this one.  A bit lazy when I shoot the pics, I guess.

Standing tall

An older piece that is a bit better than I remember.  Still, a lot that could be done to make this one a worthwhile drawing.

Seated

That lost edge is very distracting yet when I was drawing yet it was one of the key aspects of this pose that I focused on.  It appears to be a mistake on my part.