Friday, April 30, 2010

2nd entry for April 23, 2010







These are studies of two 5-minute and three 10-minute poses that B- took.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

1st entry for April 23, 2010







It has been a while since I've had the opportunity to draw B- , and he is a very good, very athletic model. He was working on that Friday at the TSA. These were some of the 1-minute poses that he took.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

8th entry for April 20, 2010





These two 10-minute poses and a 15-minute kneeling pose ended what I felt was a fairly successful drawing night.

7th entry for April 20, 2010





After a break, we continued with 5-minute poses.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

6th entry for April 20, 2010




B- 's poses continued with trying out more`cocoon' options with a knotted silk band for these two 5-minute poses. I was reminded of an exhibit I saw at last year's Nuit Blanche, where people could send time in sensory deprivation pods, called `witches cradles', that hung suspended like this.
There wasn't much of her to draw, but interesting visuals to me, all the same.

Monday, April 26, 2010

5th entry for April 20, 2010





B- was exploring using the silks as hammocks more than straps for a few more 3-minute poses.

4th entry for April 20, 2010







These poses, playing with the silks, all ran for 3 minutes.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Saturday, April 24, 2010

2nd entry for April 20, 2010






These were 1-minute poses that B- took. (a couple might be 2-minute ones)

1st entry for April 20, 2010





On the Tuesday night I was back at the Drawing Room session on Queen near Roncesvalles (which is open to anyone to join). There was a new person, B- , who was working. These are two 30-second studies and a 1-minute one below.

Friday, April 23, 2010

3rd entry for April 18, 2010





These were 15-minute and 20-minute poses that ended the evening.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

2nd entry for April 18, 2009





These were two 10-minute poses (above) and one15-minute pose (below). On the standing study I fussed (unsuccessfully) with G-'s face too long.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

1st entry for April 18, 2010






Sunday was the close of the TSA's Open House, and with that came a full day of moving furniture and the like, right up until the time of the evening drawing session, but it all got finished. After a pause to shower and eat, I was back in sketching. G- was working that night. These were some 1-minute poses he did.

Like any studies that aren't otherwise noted, these are done with HB Conte crayon on 24" x 36" sheets of newsprint.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

5th entry for April 13, 2010







Bottom to top, these were two 5-minute poses, two 10-minutes and a 20-minute pose from the end of the evening. The sitting pose was the last one of the night, and I think we were all getting weary by that point. For sure I was: it had been a high energy day, and the asrenaline was starting to wear out.

H- 's work was really good, and it was a treat to get to work with her in a drawing context - you can check out her troupe, Femmes Du Feu soon in an upcoming Fringe Festival piece, called "Plank".