6th entry for Sept 1, 2012

These are three sets of three 3-minute sequential poses, done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.

5th entry for Sept 1, 2012

These are some 3-minute studies, also done with medium compressed charcoal on bond paper. The lower three are the first of a set of sequential 3-minute poses.
There is still some room in the Introductory Life Drawing class I'm teaching at the Toronto School of Art. it runs 12 weeks, Saturday mornings starting Sept 22, and you can get more details and register here.

4th entry for Sept 1, 2012

These are 2-minute studies, done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.

3rd entry for Sept 1, 2012

These are some more 1-minute studies, also done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.

2nd entry for Sept 1, 2012

These are some more 1-minute studies, also done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.
And, as I've mentioned, gesture drawing is one of the important foundations of figure drawing that make up part of the 12-week Intro Life Drawing course that starts Sept 22 and runs Saturday mornings from 9-noon. You can get further info and register here.

1st entry for Sept 1, 2012

On the Saturday afternoon was the last of the all-short pose "Gesture Boot Camp" sessions at the TSA.  The model was L-   , who is a comparatively new model. These are some 30-second and 1-minute studies.
All are done with medium compressed charcoal on 18 x 24" sheets of bond paper.