As usual, the long pose

 As I wandered around the studio it looked like everyone was getting a pretty good drawing from this pose.  My only wish is that I could have changed the lighting to really throw the right side of his head into shadow.  I would have if it weren't for the fact that we had 16 artists in the room and that would have messed up 15 others just for my wishes.

Swipes and picks

 Started this as just a bunch of big swipes of charcoal and then I use the kneaded eraser to pick out some of the highlights.  Mildly successful.

Startin' to warm up

 Didn't hate this one.  Was playing with lines and broad strokes.

A couple of different poses on the same page

 I wasn't quite into the evening yet, so I just did a couple sketches on the same bottom half of the page.  Just throwaway stuff.

Gestures of Mr. O

 16 artists packed out room last night.  9 students, 6 regulars and a new attendee.  A bit tight, to be sure.

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...