Dark chunk o' charcoal

I used a rather heavy black piece of charcoal and stuck with it for most of the drawings.  Interesting but not something I'm real comfortable with.

A different approach to gestures

I was in an experimental mood last night so I played with a couple of different ways to capture the gesture.  Different for me.  I pulled that into the rest of the drawings for the remainder of the night.

Split

I was having some fun with this one, particularly how the light seemed to split the torso right down the middle.  Looks like a bad tan.  However, it was a blast to observe and draw.  There are definitely problems with this one but it felt like it was beginning to breathe so I say this was my favorite of the evening.

Missing pieces

I really just wanted to focus on her eyes, nose and mouth but let the hair get the better of me.  Oh well.

Abstract back

I was intrigued by the musculature of this short pose and really wanted to capture the tension.  As the drawing progressed I found I liked the design aspect of this as much as the actual rendering and went out of my way to keep it fairly graphic yet quite representational.  Would love to have gotten a bit more of the back of her head done but I am still quite happy with this sketch.

Okay, here are the gestures

 And only one page at that.  Lady B does such a great job with the gestures that I often wonder what an entire session of gestures would be like.

No gestures yet

I haven't had access to a camera to take last nights photos so I'll post a little head study from last week.  Have a great weekend.