3rd Entry for June 3, 2019

Chamber trio rehearsal. Heliconian Club.  June 3, 2019.  Staedler Lumograph Black pencils on paper, 18 x 24"

Entry for May 2, 2019

Pancheta. Forest Hill Art Club session.  May 2, 2019.  Staedler Lumograph Black pencils on paper, 18 x 24"

2nd entry for July 12, 2018

Addi, Addi and Wayne. Fringe Festival pop-up session. Conte crayon & compressed charcoal on newsprint, 18 x 24"

1st entry for July 12, 2018

Wayne, Addi and Wayne. Fringe Festival pop-up session. Conte crayon & compressed charcoal on newsprint, 18 x 24"

Entry for March 3, 2014

It was a quiet Tuesday night at Artists 25 on the Tuesday night. Unrelenting cold weather was taking it's toll and only a couple of drawers. Paris was working, and these are all in the 25 minute range. Saul, the other person drawing was wanting a change from the typical all-nude fare, so we opted for a few partly dressed studies too. It was a nice change.
These are all ink washes and medium point Pitt pen on 18 x 24" sheets of various watercolour papers.

1st entry for Nov 7, 2014

On the Friday night I got out to the Dr. Sketchy's session at Round Venue. Performance artist Obskyura was working that night, with a fame/celebrity starter ensemble. These are a 5-minute study above,  a 5-minute line drawing and some 1-minute and 2-minute studies below.

(Among her props were a gold microphone and a hot-pink assault rifle with white stars.)

 These are all on 18 x 24" sheets of Canson Recycled Sketch paper. I tried using a `woodless' 4B water-soluble graphite pencil for these rather than a pen. I found the marks a little thick for my taste and the pencil went blunt fast, but they do read fairly nicely reproduced small-scale.

1st entry for Oct. 24, 2014

On the Friday I had a day off of teaching and was able to get in some drawing time. I went over for the afternoon to the Arts and Letters club, for the two-hour second half of their Friday costume drawing session. Chris was working, and these are an 80-minute study above and a 20-minute one below.
Both are water-soluble graphite pencils and Artgraf washes on 18 x 24" Canson Montval watercolour paper. the top one has had additional working with regular graphite afterwards.

Entry for June 26, 2014

This study of Amanda is a demo of water-soluble pencils I did for the last class of a costume/clothing drawing class I taught at the TSA. Brushing over the pencil shading is very conducive to establishing big fold patterns.
It's on 18 x 24" Canson Montval watercolour paper.

3rd entry for June 8, 2014

The evening also had some performances. At top was a woman with a very nice voice who started improvising with the DJ's music while aerialists were on break. Below that are sketches of musician Eric Mandala on an african stringed instrument and partner Zu Zen on didgeridoo.  And a quick study of one of the audience people ahead of me. All ballpoint pen on 12 x 24" sheets of paper, mostly cartridge.
Below are some more short aerial studies, maybe 1-2 minutes posing, plus some extra shading. All ballpoint 12 x 18", various papers.

Entry for May 9, 2014

On the Friday I got back out to the Arts and Letters club for the 1:30 to 3:30 afternoon stretch of a long pose. Su was working that day (it was the lasy day of a multi-Friday pose). This is a 1.75 hour study, done with watercolour pencil and washes of water-soluble graphite on an 18 x 24" sheet of 150 lb Legion rag paper.
I was happy with the balance of spontaneity and control the wash/pencil combination afforded. The drawing has detail, and a good range of values, but fresher and faster than all in pencil.

Entry for May 7, 2014

Last week the special 6-week costume and clothing class started at the TSA, on May 22nd.
In advance of that I was looking to post some promotional images of people in clothes on Facebook, and all I had were fast studies, from aerial sessions, Collective nights and Sketchys/Toons sessions.

In search of an extended study, I went over to the Arts and Letters club on the Wednesday morning, It is an ornate old building with a long arts history. They have back to back 2-hour sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays during the day (so 4 hours each day, with a lunch pause. It's open to non-members, and each 2-hour stretch is $10. Models work 2 to 3 weeks in the same pose(but different ones Wed & Fri.) and a lot of them - but not all-  are clothed. Drawing happens up on the 3rd floor in a nice old room. If you go, you have to buzz the front door to be admitted, though.
This is a 1.5 hour study of Kit using water-soluble pencil and water-soluble graphite washes on 18 x 24 Canson Montval watercolour paper.