3rd Entry for Mar 11, 2011

After a break there were a few more short poses. These are two 1-minute studies, done with graphite on cartridge paper.

2nd Entry for Mar 11, 2011

At top is a 5-minute study of T-   , and below are three 10-minute ones.  All were done with 9B graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

1st entry for Mar 11, 2011

On the Thursday, T-   was working. These are some 1-minute studies. They are done with 9B graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

2nd Entry for Mar 8, 2011

 

Above are three 20-minute studies, done with graphite on 18 x 24" Japanese paper.
Below is a 10-minute study with graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper. 

1st entry for Mar 8, 2011

On the Tuesday night at Artists 25, there was a new model, M-    working. Say what you will about the place, it does give a first chance ( or an early chance) to a wide range of people to try modelling for a drawing session.

Above is a 5-minute study and below are two 10-minute ones. All are done with graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

2nd Entry for Mar 7, 2011

At top is another 10-minute and 15-minute study on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.
Below are a 20-minute and a 25-minute study on two types of Japanese paper, both around 18 x 24". The lower one has been reworked a bit in the studio afterwards.

1st entry for Mar 7, 2011

On the Monday, I got out (a little late...) to a drawing session I hadn't been to before, at the Ralph Thornton Community Centre on the east side of downtown.
S-   was working, and these are a 5-minute studies at top, two 10-minute ones and a 15-minute study at the bottom, all done with 9B graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

2nd Entry for Mar 6, 2011

These are three 15-minute studies, also 9B graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.
I was letting myself be a little looser and bolder in my handling of drawing B-   than is often the case when I draw someone.

1st entry for Mar 6, 2011

On the Sunday morning, B-  was working. Above is a 5-minute study, and below are 10-minute ones. All are done with 9B graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

3rd Entry for Mar 4, 2011

These two studies are 20 minutes apiece, and are done with 8B graphite on 18 x 24" Japanese papers.

2nd Entry for Mar 4, 2011

These are two 10-minute studies above, and a 15-minute one below.
All are done with graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

1st entry for Mar 4, 2011

Above is a 5-minute study, and below two 10-minute ones, all done with graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

These were done on the Friday, when I was over at the TSA.  Z-    (not my sweetheart,) was working. 
That is one of the hitches of using just an initial to identify people. For the model's benefit, I don't use full names, since some wish to keep their work less public. And there is a level of `plausible deniability' in drawn or painted images - unless someone has a distinctive piercing or tattoo, drawings do not tend to be quite as `indisputable' photographs.

I know too, that for most - if not all of the people that I draw, these are non-issues; they support the art made from their image, or like the attention, or have made peace with their body's image being in the public sphere. But for the benefit of those that are more reluctant, I am sticking with the first initial designator for everyone for the time being. That way, the people who want to stay less identified are not spotlighted by being the nameless ones.

Anyways - how often is it that there are two women with the initial Z working a day apart...

2nd Entry for Mar 3, 2011

I always like Z-   's gesture poses. These are three more 1-minute studies, done in graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper.

1st entry for Mar 3, 2011

On the Thursday night I worked with Z-  ,  my sweetheart, at the studio on the beginnings of a project that may come to fruition later.  But in getting warmed up, we did a bunch of 1-minute studies, and these were some of her (really dynamic) gesture poses.

2nd Entry for Mar 1, 2011

These are two 20-minute studies above, and one 15-minute one below.
 All are 8B graphite on 18 x 24" sheets of Japanese paper.