2nd entry for Oct 29, 2013

These are five 5-minute studies above, a couple of 10-minute ones below that and a 15-minute one at bottom.
I felt it wasn't one of my stronger drawing sessions. Some days are like that. It was as if I had taken a klutzy pill, and things ket slipping and dropping and rolling off the bench I was working on. (I didn't knock over my coffee, which is something...).
A dilute ink mixture I was trying out in a waterbrush wasn't flowing, and the calligraphy tip pen I was wanting to work with had dried out - in general, I was wrestling with materials that day.
There were moments, and the last study worked well from a descriptive standpoint.
These are all done on 18 x 24" sheets of paper. The top one is on Canson Recycled Sketch paper, the next six are on Canson XL Drawing paper, and the bottom one is on a sheet of 150 lb. Maidstone rag paper.
The bottom one is done with water-soluble graphite applied with a waterbrush, and some pencil undersketching. All the others are Pentel brushpen with either pencil or dilute ink indersketching to help with proportions.
Kirsten's work was very solid, and her costume of black pvc top with red lace-up ribbons in back and black satin track shorts, nude tights and ankle wraps was a nice challenge, but one I wasn't quite as confident with as I would have liked to have been.

5th entry for Jan 28, 2013

These are a 10-minute and a 15-minute study, each done with hard Nobel charcoal on 22 x 30" sheets of 90 lb Maidstone rag paper.

3rd entry for Jan 28, 2013

These are some 3-minute studies, also done with a Sakura Graphic marker on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper.

3rd entry for Nov 5, 2012

From the top, these are three 5-minute studies, two 10-minute ones and a 15-minute study. The top one is one 18 x 24" Canson Recycled Sketch paper, the next two are on 23 x 34" sheets of Durotone Extra White and the lower three on 22 x 30" sheets of 90 lb Maidstone rag paper. All are done with hard Nobel compressed charcoal.
This Thursday nighr (Nov 22) from 5:30 to 10:30, I'll be having an extension of last weekend's studio Open House. Its at 165 Bathurst St, just south of Queen St W. Lots of images of people's backs, in different media.  Please stop by if you can-everyone's welcome.

1st entry for Oct 22, 2012

I didn't go figure drawing 'til the next Monday, when Sandra was at Diane's Drawing Room session.  Sandra's work was good, but it wasn't one of my stronger nights. That's how it goes - not every occasion works as well, but they are part of the package too.
These are 1-minute studies, done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.