Showing posts with label the Black Hand Group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Black Hand Group. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The customary 45 minute pose that lasted 50 minutes


 And I still couldn't get an entire figure done.  Gotta stop getting hung up on details so early on in the process...

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Sittin' purty


 Just never enough time to really sink my artistic teeth into some of these drawings.  This one has so much potential and yet I'll probably never get to finish it.  I do, however, like what I've started.

Monday, September 28, 2026

Almost Egon


 The shapes and masses that Dylan presented Thursday evening brought out the Klimt/Schiele side of me.  Not my usual manner but I kinda like it.  A bit abstract.

Friday, September 25, 2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Really loved the shadows


 I really wanted to have the figure "emerge" from the shadowy depths of the background. Not there yet.45 minutes.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

15 minute head study


 I was really enjoying this drawing.  Would love for this to have been the long pose just to spend more time with her bone structure.  So many wonderful shapes to draw...

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Fourteen minutes


 We gave Dylan a whole minute break as her feet were taking a beating in this pose.  I only gave an indication to the aforementioned feet.  More time, obviously, just wasn't going to work.

Monday, September 21, 2026

Two ten minutes sketches



 Just enough time to get a partial study going.

Friday, September 18, 2026

Friday, September 11, 2026

Last drawing from our most recent session


 45 minutes and barely got started.  I really wanted to play with the shapes moving in and out of the deep shadows.  Fun one to draw.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Again with the cool shadows!


 The finish may not be as interesting as the process was.  Given time, this would have rounded into a beautiful drawing.  

Monday, September 7, 2026

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy


 This would make a wonderful painting with great drapery and maybe some jewelry.  She was holding a styrofoam ball rather than a skull, but we all know what it represented.  Some wonderful shadows at play in this one.

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Gentle shadows across the torso


 Simple headless torso sketch.  Just trying to work out the shadows and shapes.

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Sorry for the delay...

 Took a trip out of town so I didn't get these shot before last night.  Here are the gesture drawings.


 Samm has really become a fantastic figure model.  She commits totally to giving the artists exactly what they want and has pushed her gestures to another level.  We are lucky to have her.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Twist


 This is my favorite of the session and it was the first pose of the night (sans the gesture poses).  In my  eyes, it all went downhill for me from this point.

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Knees, shins and a little blue book


 I wasn't enamored with this pose so I just focused on the knees and the shadows.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Shadows and shapes


 Ran out of (say it with me) time.  This had a chance to be a pretty nice sketch.

Monday, August 24, 2026

45 minutes (or thereabouts)


 This was a lost opportunity.  I was having so much fun with manipulating the shadows that I didn't pay as close of attention to the basics.

Friday, August 21, 2026

Thursday, August 20, 2026

As per usual, the long pose

 

I was thoroughly enjoying the beautiful shadows and how informed the shapes and mass of the figure.  Really a nice pose to work from.