The gestures from last night

We are now meeting at MSU-Billings. For more information go to the Black Hand Blog (link at the side).
These are very obviously the gesture drawings of our model, Amber. As usual, she did a great job and we appreciate her coming from a faraway land to pose for us.

Loose and cartoony

This model has a great face to grab onto shapes, especially the mouth barrel with the large mustache and wonderful way the lower lip forms above and around the chin. I threw out the idea of doing a portrait treatment and just went with the exaggerated features. Not a caricature but not a serious study either.

Back to basics

A simple pose that always seems to make for a great drawing experience. This one stands out for me because of the way in which the model squeezed his back to make him look smaller than I knew he was. It makes me have to pay attention to what I see and not what I know.

Scribbles

Just a buncha lines and "voila"... it's still just a buncha lines.

Simple back study

Not much to say other than I think this was my most successful sketch of the evening.

Our first night at MSU-B

The local university, Montana State University-Billings, has allowed us to host The Black Hand Group at the school. After a little confused start it seems that it is a good start for us. Our model was the same model who sat for us when we opened at the Yellowstone Art Museum. I hope this all works well for us. Here is the first sketch of the night. They do get better.

Solid sketch

I had a blast drawing this one. I love how the shapes all mimic one another starting with the chin and moving to the mouth barrel, then the 'stache up to the nose and finally the forehead. Heck, even the gullet follows the round shape that is a theme with this sketch.