So many shapes!

 Oh boy, look at all of those fun shapes to render!  Sure, I know I over emphasized shape below her breast but, c'mon... it was sooooo much fun to just work that interesting bit of anatomy to the nth degree.  If I ever choose to go back in on this one I may dial it down a bit.  But only after I get her head drawn in and see how much I need to reduce to make it all balance out.

Ah... foreshortening!

 I love working with a figure in perspective.  To me it is far more interesting as a finished piece and definitely actually drawing the pose.  Obviously I didn't have too much time to work on this hence the lack of shins and a head and a left arm...

Back to conté

 Conté just makes it all look so much better.  The tones are just a joy to work with.  The conté I'm working with these days just doesn't feel or respond like the old stuff from what, 30 years ago?  Still, it makes so-so drawings look a lot better than they probably actually are.

Heavy handed treatment

 This pose deserved a gentler treatment but I had not warmed up well enough so it came out pretty heavy handed.

Gestures of Lady P to start the end of Twenty Three

 A few quick gestures sketches to get the hand into it.  This led to a nice, relaxed evening of drawing.  The rest will follow next week.  Have a great weekend.

Long pose with Mr. M

 Finally, one I can be relatively happy with.  I would really like to have had another15 - 20 minutes with this one but I'm okay with where it ended.

Leaning against a box

 

An okay study.  I think I just like the little bit of cast shadow above his waist.  Not much more than that.

Just a study

 I think I was trying to channel my inner Fechin once I knocked in the hand and forearm.  It just reminds me of those insanely great Nicholai Fechin drawings of hands and arms.  Not that this reaches those levels but just the feel of the line and shading.  Anyhow, I enjoyed it well enough to not go any further into the drawing and just be happy where I ended up.

Mr. M in red

 Eh, I wasted a perfectly good pose with this effort.  I had over exaggerated the arm musculature and had to thin it up.  I notice that it takes me a bit longer to warm up and settle into the practice of drawing what I know so well.  Not sure if I'm distracted by trying to make the room work for the whole group or if I haven't decompressed from the work day.  I hate making mistakes (in general) but especially when I have a limited amount of time and I have to go back and redo something I should have taken a couple extra moments to block in correctly.

Gestures of Mr. M

The gestures from our penultimate 2023 season.  It's been great to have gotten Mr. M into our stable of models.  We hope to continue working with him and our other wonderful muses in 2024 and beyond.
 

The long pose

 45 minutes.  Still not enough time.  Sucks gettin' old and not being able to get everything done like I used to.  <sigh>

Gettin' a leg up

 This pose was a challenge for me with only 15 minutes to work with.  So I chose to focus on aspects of the figure rather than worry about the entire figure.

That hip!

 This was sooooo much fun to draw.  Look at those shapes!  Those shadows!  The pose!  Wow, just a blast to work on.  I only wish it were a longer drawing.  15 minutes is just too short to do this justice.

Sittin' pretty, again

 Pretty rough sketch but I'm kinda partial to the head and right knee.  Hey, ya gotta take what ya can.

Gestures of Lady P

 It sure felt good to get back to life drawing.  Here are the gestures from the session with Lady P.