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.

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.
 

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.