Long pose to bring the evening to a close

 I think this one turned out pretty well.  I started playing with the shadows a lot more with this one, trying to get an almost liquid feel as to how they merged with one another.  It may not have been how it looked on the model but I have been trying to embrace a motto I read a few months back.  Let me paraphrase..."It's not what you draw, it's how you draw it."  It's given me a bit of artistic freedom that I think I may have lost.  Happy Halloween.

15 minute reclining pose

 Even with the extra 5 minutes this just didn't materialize as an interesting drawing, very static.  I may have gotten too precious with the shading...

10 minute seated study

 I loved how her arm and leg framed her midsection.  If this had been a longer pose this would have become quite interesting.

10 minute torso study

Simple little back pose.  The rest of her figure was obscured by a stool so I just concentrated on her left side.  Wonderful shapes and shadows.

Gestures...always start with the gestures

Since Lady S has been working with the school her gestures have gotten more dynamic.  She took some really great one minute poses in those 10 minutes.

Long pose and, I suppose, the best drawing from the evening

 This was coming together well enough, but I could have used another 45 minutes to really focus in and bring this to a bit better finish.

What? A headless torso? Go figure!

 Really enjoyed this drawing.  About 15 minutes and I'm pretty happy with what I got done.  Sure, I was able to get more done a couple of decades ago, but like Toby says "I'm as good once as I ever was".