Lost Edges

I had a blast working this one. I've always loved lost edges and it seemed to work here. The hair flowing over the stage and pooling on the floor added so much. This is one I'd like to go back in on and tighten up and add some stuff to. But I know I'll never get to it.

A couple more

Not so crazy about the leg study.  The head study was coming along but I kind of lost focus.  Alas, the price I pay for peaking with yesterday's sketch too early in the session.  Maybe the next ones will be better.

Ah, Bach

This was my favorite drawing of the night and my favorite drawing in a while. While keeping the Tennant article uppermost in my mind I think I combined my style favorably with the ideas that I had recently read. Get the feeling I kinda like this one?

Happy Easter

No, the drawings have nothing to do with today's holiday.  I do, however, really enjoy the shadow play that I was even more aware of this week.  On the head study the right eye was placed in the last few seconds of the pose so I didn't really have a chance to adjust it.  Doesn't really bother me that much.  I might have shaped the hairline a bit better and that may have given the head a more rounded look and thereby making the eye fit a bit better.  I guess that's why these are only sketches.

Chiaroscuro

Well, not completely.  However, I went for a much higher contrast than I have been in a long time.  I'm pretty pleased with the majority of Thursday's work and the overall direction of the drawings this week.

Got in a bit late...

so I was able to only get one page of gestures done. However, Sara did such a fantastic job that I treated most of the drawings as gestures anyhow. I had just finished an article on Mark Tennant and was pretty influenced by his concepts. As the week unfolds I hope you like what you see as I really had a blast drawing last night.

Hulk SMASH!!!

Okay, maybe not. Tough pose though, seven minutes with his arms locked over his head. Well done, sir. I was pretty happy with the heavy handed rendering in this piece. It seemed appropriate.