Towards a broader spectrum

tl:dr - Help me out in making images of a broader spectrum of body types - `Donate' button's down the lower right side of the page.

I really enjoy making images of people and people's bodies. Here on the blog, there are several thousand to be seen. Most of these have come out of open drawing sessions, where I don't have control over choice of who is working as a model.
I respect and appreciate all the people who I have had the opportunity to draw so far. I haven't come across a body that isn't impressive in some way.
But one thing I continue to notice is that the overwhelming majority of people I have had the opportunity to draw are women, mostly under 30, and mostly conforming to societal conventions of bodily beauty. That and fairly muscular or defined men.
Not a lot of age, fuller figures or darker skin hues. There's a raft of reasons - the biases of whoever is hiring models; the tendency of many people who aren't younger and `fitter'  to deselect themselves; and the economic need of people hosting drawing sessions to attract enough punters to pay the model and/or rent.
So if I want to make images of less commonly presented bodies, I'm going to have to bring in some people for myself.  If you can help me with that project, there's the `donation' button lower-right; any monies received will go towards making some images that we don't see as commonly.

Thanks,
Thomas

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2nd entry for Dec. 10, 2015

These are some three 10-minute studies, a 15-minute one and a 20-minute one at bottom. These are Progresso woodless coloured pencil on 18 x 18" sheets of paper. The top three are Canson Recycled Sketch, the 2nd-last is on a piece of Canson XL drawing paper prepared with a chalk underlayer and the lowest one is Canson Bristol paper prepared with a dilute ink wash.

1st entry for Dec. 10, 2015

On the Thursday, Liz was the volunteer model for the Collective group. These are some 1-minute, 2-minute and 5-minute studies. All are Pitt pen on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

2nd entry for Dec. 3, 2015

These are some 10-minute and 15-minute studies, also with oil-based pencil on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

1st entry for Dec. 3, 2015

On the Thursday night, Slinka was the volunteer model at the Collective's session. These are some 1-minute, 2-minute and 5-minute studies, All are done with oil-based pencil on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

Entry for Nov. 19, 2015

 

On the Thursday, two Roberts were kind enough to be the volunteer models for the Collective session. These are two 5-minute studies, two 10-minute ones, two 15-minute ones, and a 5-minute one at the bottom.
All are on 18 x 18" sheets of paper; the top three are Pitt pen on Canson Recycled Sketch paper, and the lower four are Prismacolour art stick on various sheets of Canson paper.

2nd entry for Nov 12, 2015

Ren joined in partway through the session, and the top three are of him and Jack. These are 10-15 minutes each, and the final study of all three is  20 minute. These are Progresso woodless pencil crayon on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson XL Drawing paper.

1st entry for Nov 12, 2015

On the Thursday night Collective session, Richard did some initial solo poses, and was then joined by Jack. These are all on 18 x 18" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper. The top three are done with a Pitt calligraphy-point pen, and the bottom two are Progresso woodless coloured pencil, on Canson Recycled Sketch paper above and Canson XL Bristol paper below that.

Entry for Nov. 9, 2015

Lindi was in at the Heliconian Club session on the Monday. These are some 1-minute studies, a couple of 5-minute ones and a 15-minute one below.
The top two are oil-bases pencil on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper, and the lowest one is Progresso woodless coloured pencil on Canson Bristol paper, also 18 x 24".
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Entry for Nov 5, 2015

 Alice was the volunteer model for the Collective's  Thursday session. These range from 5 minutes to 15 minutes, all on 18 x 18" sheets of paper.