2nd entry for April 23, 2009

These poses all ran in the 2-minute range. I was fairly awake and alive that evening, and getting a lot down quickly.

2nd entry for March 3, 2009

The evening took an unanticipated turn when it became apparent that P- had come in to model as well, owing to some crossed wires. Happily, she and H- are well-acquainted with each other, and there were enough people to afford to keep both models on for the night.

Budget considerations make it impracticable to do that often, but it is a really enjoyable challenge drawing 2 people. It helped that H- , who self-identifies as "having no physical boundaries at all" was very at ease with the situation. What could have been an uncomfortable scene got very cozy: H- & P- were quietly chatting to each other as they sat, and we all wrestled with getting twice the forms in place.

I've drawn 2 sitters on other occasions where they were not at ease with each other & had the sense of `two solitudes' sharing a space, conveying an Ingmar Bergman-esque mood. Even though they weren't always fully interacting, there was a good dynamic going, with H- particularily conscious of how her poses were fitting with P- 's.

There were some good dualities going on - lean & full-figure, short & tall, that added to the interplay.

These were 10-minute studies. Trying to set all this down sure kicked up the intensity of my focus in what was looking like a fairly familiar drawing situation.

4th Entry for January 22, 2009

2-minute poses. After the 1-minute poses, these seem so leisurely. But there is still no time to relax, and the challenge remains to see how much can be set down in the time available.

2nd Entry for January 15, 2009

These poses were 3-minutes in duration. After the amount of 1- and 2-minute poses we do in an evening there, 3 minutes feels like a comparatively long time. At the TSA, 3 minutes shoots by so fast.

5th Entry for November 27th

These were 5-minute poses that K- took. At that point it was clear that I had enough paper to last out the rest of the night, so the studies are a little looser and more assured by fitting into my preferred scale of drawing. Nevertheless, it was a race to try to set all these down fast enough.