Just some nice shadows and lines

 This was a lot of fun to do.  Loved the liquid nature of the shadows on her left side.  Just a lot of messin' 'round with the technique.

Head study in charcoal

 Lot's of lost edges and some nice black spotting.  Happy with this little sketch.

Light touch

 As I've gotten older I have slowed down and definitely don't get as much done with each drawing as I used to.  Some of that is due to my eyes now relying on trifocals and I also seem to get too focused on an area.  Well, I think it's time to embrace my failings and turn them (as best I can) into strengths.  I decided to focus on a smaller area with little or no regard to the rest of the figure.  I laid down some exploratory lines and just left them.  I could have done without the neck but I dropped that in last moment and it kind of ruined things.  However, a first step to possibly making better drawings rather than trying to cram too much in just for the sake of getting  the whole figure in.  I used to do a lot more of these small, focused sketches but now I think I need to.  Just a fact of life.

Gestures of Lady S

 

From a couple weeks ago

 I was really getting into the beautiful shadows streaking Lady S's body.  So much so that I didn't notice how much she had moved during the pose and how badly it distorted the drawing.  Still, I had fun exploring those shadowed shapes.

From our Sunday session

 An hour study.  I think I went a bit overboard with the white pastel.  Still, pretty happy with the likeness.

Sweeping shadows

 I really enjoyed this pose.  I  started with the big chunky shadows and kinda threw in a few lines to keep it from being too abstract.