10 minute study #1

 Kind of a tentative approach to the first sketch.  As the session progressed I became a bit more assured.

Introducing Dylan

 

It's always exciting and intimidating to work with a new model.  I tend to need a couple of sessions to separate the model as a person and begin seeing them as a series of shapes, shadows and lines.  Creating mass and motion.  I think Dylan will be a wonderful model to work with.

My fave of the sesh

 Why is it my fave?  'cause I was having an absolute blast constructing her leg and starting to build up the incredible shadows she was casting.  Didn't finish, but that doesn't make it any less fun.

 Ouch, this one had so much potential and I just didn't handle it right.  Maybe a different medium would have been a better choice.  Probably should have gone with charcoal or maybe black conté.

Blurry charcoal

 I so desperately wanted this one to turn out and it just didn't.  It might at some point, but that's a long way in the future.

Second page of gestures

 Not as messy but also not exactly a frame worthy piece of art...

First page of gestures

 Wotta mess!  I can see what I was doing but that doesn't mean anyone else can.