The Week in Figure Drawings

On the Sunday, I was a bit weary, but determined to investigate an idea for an upcoming show, where members of the Five Lovely Guys group ...

These are two 20-minute studies. Both are done with hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of cartridge paper. If you're ...

  These are two 5-minute studies and a 10-minute one from the Sunday evening.  All were done with hard compressed charcoal on 18 x 24...

I haven't seen L-     around in a long time, but she was working on the Sunday night at the TSA.  These are some 1-minute studies,  ...

These are both 15-minute studies, done with 9B graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper. The topmost pose that E-   took reminded me of t...

       These are a couple of 15-minute studies of S-   above, and a 20-minute one below.  All are done with graphite on 18 x 24" car...

On the Thursday, after attending the opening of the drawing show at the John B Aird gallery, I went over to the TSA, where I found A-   ...

Above is a 20-minute study, done on Somerset Book rag paper, and below a 15-minute study on cartridge paper, both approx 18 x 24", an...

  Above are two 10-minute studies, and below that are three 5-minute studies of A-     , all done on 18 x 24" cartridge paper with...

I was back for some more drawing that evening. A-    was working, and these are 1-minute studies, using graphite on 18 x 24" cartr...

In the afternoon, I worked on two longer studies of S-  . The upper one is on 18 x 24" Japanese paper,and took about 2 hours. The low...

I got out for some drawing time on the Sunday. I arrived late, and found S-  working.  The top three studies are on 18 x 24" cartri...

These two studies finished that evening. The one above was 15 minutes, done with graphite on 18 x 24" cartridge paper. The lower one...

I only caught the tail end of the evening session over at the TSA.   A- was working, and I hadn't drawn her before, either. These are...

I stayed for part of the afternoon as well. The study below was the last short one I did that morning (about 20 mins) and the one above is o...

These were some further 15-minute poses. If there is anyone wanting to learn about life drawing, or many other areas of the visual arts, 12-...

On Sunday morning I headed over to the TSA. K- was working, and she was someone I had not drawn before. These are some 5-minute and 10-mi...

These are a 10-minute study above, and a 15-minute one below. This was right after a week-long anatomy workshop, so I was extra-aware of mus...