10 minutes to start the night and it didn't get any better from here

 My strongest effort of the session came right out of the gate.  Strong shadows and nice shapes made for a nice drawing.  So, in summation, my two best drawings from the last week are back sketches.

15 minutes and coming along

 As minimal as this is I'm pretty happy with where this sketch stands (or lies, as it seems).  I really would have liked to have explored her face a bit more, however.

Forty five head study

 I got pretty caught up in noodling the face and hand (a bit too much attention to the hand).  Still, there's some stuff I'm pretty happy with.  Not my best effort, though.

Twenty minutes and all I got was...

 ... a little shadow and an unfinished hand.  I am happy with how the arm rests on her left hand.  A bit more work on the drapery might pull this together.

Fifteen minute study in shadows and shapes

I was really enjoying this pose and I think I got what I needed to from my 15 minutes.  Probably my favorite sketch of the session.
 

Ten minutes with conté

 I wasn't on my A game this last session, taking a bit too long with each drawing and not really getting the results I wanted.  This feels a bit rough and it was a really great pose, so I guess it was just another lost opportunity.

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.  

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...