Torso...

 ...what else is there to say.  Nothing particularly interesting about this sketch.

Another five

 A little conté head study that didn't turn out too bad.

No gestures this week

 

We got a late start to the evening so we jumped into a couple of fives and then a couple of fifteens.  This is the first five minute sketch of the night.

45 minute head study

 Pretty pleased with this one, as well.  The lights were doing there job during this session.  Some great cast shadows to work with, for sure.

Shapes and shadows

 Yeah, I like this.  I finally got a hand that I'm not frustrated with and some pretty nice cast shadows.

Vague

 Kind of an amorphous little drawing.  There are some aspects that I like and some that are just, well, not finished.

Head study

 A little five minute study of Samm's noggin.

Gestures of, you guessed it, Samm

 Yep, we are down to Samm as our only consistent model.  As much as I love drawing her, we really need to give her a break on occasion and find two or more models to work with our group.

Long pose

 I did get to the head and face in this 45 minute pose.  However, I waited too long and the model needed to give her left arm and hand a quick break and her head didn't end up in the same position.  I tried to draw the new angle but the variables were too many and I ended up erasing the second effort as well.  Hence, yet another faceless figure study from yours truly.

Subtle twist

 Subtle rendering of the musculature.  This was about 15 minutes of work and I still couldn't make it to the head and face.  Really enjoyed the twist and capturing that aspect of this pose.

Shadows and shapes

 I think I just fell into a groove.  Nothing overly impressive, just kinda average.  

10 minutes to start the night...

 ...and it didn't get any better as the night went on.

Gestures with Samm

 Samm took some wonderful, inspired gestures last night.  Very relaxed and natural.

Standing around for 45 minutes

 This turned out fairly well.  So much to focus on and also so much to ignore, or it would become an exercise in over-rendering.  Great way to end the first session of 2026.

Laying down on the job

 'bout 15 minutes worth of effort.  There was so much detail to deal with that I barely got away from her head and neck area, especially the clavicle and neck muscles.  It may not look like it, but I spent an inordinate amount of time on that area, with little to show.

Kneeling

 I'm having difficulty with the lanky nature of Jenifer's figure.  It's hard to keep from adding a bit of mass to her.  A challenge (for me) until I become used to her.

Strike a pose

 Loved that shadow and the static gesture.  Beautiful pose.

2026 with Jenifer

Some gestures (natch) and a complicated 5 minute pose that would have been fantastic to finish.  Some things never change.
 

Long pose

 This one kinda got away from me.  I had a really nice head and face about midway through the pose.  Then I realized I had the proportion of head to body wrong.  I needed a larger head so I erased the best part of the drawing and reworked her noggin.  It's okay, but it ain't as nice as the one no one gets to see.  Jenifer definitely presents some interesting problems to solve.

Happy New Year!

Some stuff from 2025.  I hope it only gets better in 2026.