Gestures of Samm

 Samm graciously stepped in for an ailing Patience this week.  As always, a great job from out stalwart model, and these are the gesture drawings to prove it.

Forty five minutes

 This was fun to draw.  The hands, the cloth and the languid pose made for some wonderful challenges.  

The third quarter hour sketch

 Ah, I was so reminded of Frank Frazetta's "Ghoul Queen" that I just couldn't separate myself from that image.

 

The second quarter hour sketch

 Such a classic pin-up pose.  Coulda been a pretty nice had I had more, you guessed it, time.

The first quarter hour sketch

 Lost edges and lines.  

Gestures... just gestures... always gestures

See the title of this post.
 

40+ and still coming up short

 So many interesting aspects to this pose and I just couldn't concentrate on a singular direction.  This became very academic and that's unfortunate.  Her hand was pretty interesting but I really loved the knees and lower legs.  I made a mess of her face so I erased it and spent a bit more time trying to be accurate.  I only got so far.  Ultimately this is just a practice sketch.

15 or so

 This was a lot of fun to draw.  So much movement with forms and lines creating such a fluid image.  Another one that would benefit from more time.

10 minute missed opportunity

 This might be my favorite of the session only because it was coming along so nicely from a structural standpoint.  Could have been 30 minutes at least.  C'est la vie.

5 minute torso...

 ... or at least a partial torso.  Hey, whatcha want for five minutes?  

Thursday's gestures on Friday

 Our models put a lot of thought into the poses they present us with.  Very much appreciated.  This week is Patience.

40 minute study

 

Charcoal in forty.

20 minute study

 

Charcoal in twenty.

10 minute study #2

 

Conté in ten.

10 minute study #1

 

Charcoal & conté in ten.

Gestures from Thursday

 Yep, one minute sketches.  Movin' on...