The Anya pose

 Kreg asked Samm if she could replicate a pose that Shane Wolf drew.  The model was Anya, the tiny model we drew at The Figure Society Symposium in St. Louis last March.  I ended up with the profile view of said pose but I appreciate Samm being game.

Yeah, there is a figure in there

 A somewhat experimental back study.  Building up the figure with layers of shadow.  It was fun even if the end result (at this stage) looks a bit confusing.

Quick studies...

 ...otherwise known as gestures.  Hey, a rose by any other name and all that jazz.

Two for one

The top pose should have been a wonderful image but I just couldn't pull this one out.  The bottom pose was another slow build up that stalled.  All in all, my evening was not, to me, satisfactory.
 

Incomplete

 This little ten minute sketch was a slow build up.  Not sure why I could only get this far but it was definitely a precursor to the rest of the evening and the drawings I produced.  This may have been the best I did.  Hmmm.

Gestures of Samm

 After a vacation that could take her from our model stand, Samm returned.  Until she decides that the lure of home is too much to resist, we'll be happy to have her grace us with her poses.

Fifteen minutes #1

 A lot of this was done after the pose was done.  I just couldn't get the head rendered the way I hoped to.

Gestures of Kay

 A new model graced our group last night.  A complete novice that you would never know by watching her flow from pose to pose.  These are the ten gesture sketches.

New paper...

 This one was really fun to work on.  Seth gifted me a sheet of Arches Text Wove paper and it was truly a joy to work on.  It came across as more academic than I normally would draw, but the process was really satisfying.  I'm even happy with the final study.  Mostly.

Incomplete thoughts

 Just a little exploration in shapes.  Was enjoying starting to work out her face.

A ten and a fifteen

 Conté and charcoal.  Surprising that I got more done in 10 minutes than in 15?  Not really.  Sometimes I get lost in the lines.

10 one minute sketches of Samm

 The title says the bare minimum.  Samm just always gives us more than we expect.  These gestures may not show it, but her effort really gets us warmed up for her longer poses.  Super appreciate the effort and professionalism Samm gives us.

45 minutes of drawing joy

 Nothing more to say other than I had a blast working this one.  Such rich tones and wonderful shapes.  Fun, fun, fun...

The Thinker Reimagined

 Aside from the vaguely familiar pose, I just fell in love with how her body revealed the various shapes and masses that show how her torso bends and folds.  Just wonderful to draw.

Kinda cheeky

 The great shapes and lines just spoke to me in this pose.  A short 10 minutes so I didn't get as far as I wanted.  This one was all about observation and deliberate mark making.

Feeling a bit, um, sketchy...

 Gestures, donchaknow.

The customary 45 minute pose that lasted 50 minutes

 And I still couldn't get an entire figure done.  Gotta stop getting hung up on details so early on in the process...

Almost Egon

 The shapes and masses that Dylan presented Thursday evening brought out the Klimt/Schiele side of me.  Not my usual manner but I kinda like it.  A bit abstract.

Gestural beauty

The quick sketches of Dylan
 

Really loved the shadows

 I really wanted to have the figure "emerge" from the shadowy depths of the background. Not there yet.45 minutes.