Tayla from 2020

 Tayla was a terrific model and I hope she's doing well.  This is a basic study of her legs.  Loved playing with the shadows and shapes in this one.  The drapery is very loosely defined.

No drawing last night (again) so...

 More from that 2020 session.  Shadows, shapes and highlights all with lost edges.  Signature image of Tayla from yours truly.

Just before we shut down last year

 One of the last poses from Tayla.  Such nice musculature and strong shadows...

Trying to spread out the posts during this time of crisis

Tayla decided to wear glasses.

Love them shadows

Tayla sure casts some nice, deep shadows to work with.  Nicest sketch of the night and it'll probably have to last for some time what with the current health situation hammering this planet.  Stay safe and healthy, folks.

Simple shadows

Big shapes with large and simple shadows.  Subtle is never a bad thing.

Tonight was supposed to be our long pose session, one we had discussed for some time and planned a while ago.  As Maxwell Smart would have put it... "Missed it by that much!"  That much being a week.  No one knows how long this crisis will last but as soon as we get the go ahead that it is safe to meet again we will fire right back up.  Until then let's be kind to our fellow humans and stay healthy.

Under construction

I was enjoying the linear work of this piece even if I kept making adjustments to the proportions of her back.  Hence not getting very far with the modeling of the form.  Still, the legs were fun.

Was a bit under the weather yesterday

I've cancelled our Black Hand session this week and probably for the next couple due to the Covid19 crisis.  Better safe than sorry.  I'll post what I have left and then probably recycle some of the ones that I consider "good".  Let's all be calm and safe and we'll get through this.

She's got l...

... well, you know the lyrics.  I think the angle of the torso is what makes this a decent sketch.

A little exaggerated

The belly is a bit more prominent than the model truly has, but it was so much fun to draw so....

Sittin' half drawn

Another in the loooooooong line of time limited, unfinished sketches that lay in piles around my studio.

Lost edges

Tayla takes shape in this little sketch.  More time let me do a bit more.  Some fun things going on in this drawing.

Mores lines and shade...

...just a bit darker.  Fun, heavy lines with deep shadows.

Just some lines and shade

A kind of gentle technique for this five minute sketch.  Just trying to get a sense of the figure.

This was coming along

Until it wasn't.  I really like the movement of the figure in this, just not crazy about her head or her right arm.  That's how it goes sometimes.  Although it seems to go that way a lot more often of late than back in the day.  Sigh...

Quick studies

Just meandering through the figure and finding the essence of the pose, no care for finish or technique.

Gestures of Tayla

Tayla wanted to try more energentic (Power Ranger) poses and donned a sort of superhero outfit to do just that.  Certainly made the gesture drawings different.  Fun to shake things up every now and again.

A bit too academic

Got a bit too boringly technical with this.  I should have been using larger strokes and looser rendering, it would have added some movement to a static pose. 

Lost edges

This pose just slapped me in the face and said "STOP!"... walk away and leave me alone.  I felt that the balance of what was left out to what I had drawn really was just about perfect.  Sure, there are a lot of things I could do with what I have but I just love the simplicity of what was done vs. what was left undone.  In other words I'm happy with this one.

Great pose

Not nearly enough time to even get a good start with this one.  The pose was wonderful and deserves greater attention.  The movement is so dynamic without looking forced.