Tayla in conté

Love working in conté.  And Tayla is a terrific model.  A great combination.

On the easel

After finishing an olde world Santa Claus painting for my lovely wife I immediately jumped onto the next project for her, an "Ancestor" painting.  No, this wonderful face is not an ancestor from either family, just an interesting face that fits the bill for my better half.  I'm having fun with this and feel as though I'm channeling my inner Jeff Jones with this one.  It's really refreshing to be excited about art again.  I do need to keep it going.  I ain't gettin' any younger, donchaknow.

Sketch to finish

I wanted to see if I could finish one of my life sketches without reference and seeing if I had put down enough information to do just that.  Kinda happy with the result.

Conté seated

Love working with conté.  This ain't the best drawing I've done with the medium but that doesn't change the enjoyment I got doing this one.

Little head study

Was inspired by Zin Lim's art.

Quick sketch...

that I would really like to push further.

Gestures of Lady C redux

A nice group got to get some good practice in with Lady C.  Just some gestures from that session.

Slump

The long pose from the session.  Still couldn't find the time to draw her head.  Go figure.

Shape upon shape upon shape

So much to draw... so little time to do it right.  Great muscle tone and some really fun lighting make for such a great drawing experience.  Would love to draw this type of pose all day long.

Sway

I could've spent the whole two hours drawing this one but only had 12 or so minutes.  Probably should have gotten farther into this but I just kept coming back to those deep shadows and I was trying to get multiple layers for better depth rather than just a black hole.  This was a ton of fun to work.

Lady C's knee

Yep, I like drawing knees.  Sue me.

Gestures of Lady C

Lady C made her debut last night.  A fun model to draw, for sure.  Here are her gesture poses.

The fainting couch

Well, not really,  This is Janelle hanging out in our funky little rocking chair. 

Janelle takes a seat

Janelle has moved on but I still got some nice sketches from her efforts.

Tayla

Tayla holds her hair.

Take a seat, Lady JD

A lot of changes as this drawing progressed, just trying to find accurate proportions.  A drawing that coulda, woulda, shoulda become something more.

Lady JD strikes a pose

Started to develop the right arm when the clock ran out.  I was really enjoying pulling the forearm out of the cast shadows, letting it get lost momentarily as the tones match at a small point along her side.  Barely got her facial features knocked in.