Quick studies...

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

Finally!

 One, and only one, that I can be pretty okay with.  Not great but at least there aren't too many mistakes.

The long pose

 This one just wouldn't play fair with me.  I needed a lot more time and patience to really understand this pose and get it right.  Guess what... I got neither.  Wotta waste.

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.
 

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.

The long pose

 I just had a ball working on this.  Of course, this could have been a two or three hour pose (not sure Kay would have been happy with that, however).  Still, pretty happy with the results as they stand (or sit, as the case may be.)

Ten minutes #s 2 & 3

 Okay, one of these is acceptable.  I'll leave it up to you to figure out which one I'm underwhelmed by.  And just to be clear, this is all on me, Kay nailed the poses.

Ten minutes #1

 I really loved working on this drawing.  But ten minutes?  Not enough... never enough time.

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.

The eyes have it

 Oh, I was loving working on this.  Decided to take my time with it and not get obsessed with finishing the rest of her face.  If you drop by this blog you won't be surprised by incomplete studies and vignettes.  Just my thing, I guess.

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.

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...

All about the arm

 This may have started out being a study of the waist and hip and then I got distracted with her arm.  Just a lot of fun getting it to be more than a couple of tubes with a wrist.  This was a great study.

Feeling a bit, um, sketchy...

 Gestures, donchaknow.

My favorite of the evening

 Really love the gesture of this pose.  I'm even happy with the rendering.  I guess that means I'm happy with this sketch.

Sittin' purty

 Just never enough time to really sink my artistic teeth into some of these drawings.  This one has so much potential and yet I'll probably never get to finish it.  I do, however, like what I've started.

Gestural beauty

The quick sketches of Dylan
 

Two ten minutes sketches

 Just enough time to get a partial study going.

Finally, back to life drawing. The gestures of Dylan

 Yep, little one minute studies.  Gotta get warmed up, donchaknow.

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy

 This would make a wonderful painting with great drapery and maybe some jewelry.  She was holding a styrofoam ball rather than a skull, but we all know what it represented.  Some wonderful shadows at play in this one.