Gestures of Mr. M

 Mr. M always puts a ton of effort into his poses, especially the gestures.  Dynamic and powerful.  It's too bad that they can't be held for a longer pose but that would just be cruel.

The long pose

 I love foreshortening but this just wasn't the best angle to work with.  At least not for me that night.  There are aspects of this that I like but overall this didn't turn out to be a very strong drawing.

Strong twist

 I likened this to a spiral staircase and just was mesmerized by the coil the pose presented.  A little longer pose that was fun challenge.

Got a bit too distracted with the strong shadow

 The face was knocked in with about 20 seconds left as I was spending waaaaaaay too much time on that shadow cast down the upper torso.  Should have given more thought to the hand as well.

A bit elongated

 Sometimes when you only have 5-10 minutes get the dimensions perfect might take more time away from exploring the actual nuances of the pose.  If this had been a 20 or 30 minute sketch, I would have been more precise.  Still, I had fun with this.

Gestures from the last session

 We only drew 5 one minute poses so we could move on to the longer stuff.  As I look at the later drawings I think maybe I should have warmed up a bit more...

We're on our summer schedule so here's an oldie...

 About 7 years ago.  Interesting to see what I still use and what I've left behind.  Sometimes I wish I could go back and push some of the styles I might have been trying to develop.