2nd Entry for November 25th

These were all 20-minute poses. I like the drama of the lighting in these.

More importantly for me, I feel that where S- 's face is visible, it is a good likeness of her. She elects to use a very theatrical, 1930's sort of makeup style, and it is easy to veer off into caricature. I felt these studies give a fairly true sense of her appearance.

I have found it interesting to draw S- for that reason. I have a fascination with the more Gothic aesthetic, yet I have not found that to be a look I easily do justice to. Nonetheless, I'm pleased by how faces are gaining in subtlety this year in these short studies. it's like a few key things continue to fall into place, bit by bit.

4th Entry for November 23rd

These were 15-minute poses that L- took in the later part of that evening. She has very striking facial features- a strong underlying bone structure, which was somewhat at odds to her punky style. I always try to set down the whole figure, but often in a short pose there is not time enough to get a successful likeness and adequately describe the rest of the figure, so you can see that other areas are much more loosely drawn.

In the one study I didn't even try to do her whole figure, just focussed on getting a sense of her head on the page.

In general, I notice that the life studies I'm doing are a little more loose, a little bolder these days, while setting more information in a short span of time. The aerial artists/circus performers I've been drawing extra-fast at Diane Mcgrath's studio seem to be facilitating that in part.