Back at the tables for figure drawing, and it was good to be back again in training!  We had a really good model for this session, he had amazing muscletone and definition, some really creative poses, and wasnt afraid to hold out until his arms and legs fell asleep!  I was really pleased with the last three longer poses, I didnt move, and just drew from whatever angle presented itself, which is always a challenge to go from non traditional POV’s.

Shaking off a few months of self imposed rust (cough cough – 22 inked pages of Painted Ladies of San Quentin done in 23 weeks!!) to get back an anatomy/figure drawing session with our new model, Cristen, at the Art Alliance.

I was really bummed with my first few quick sketches, but the last hour long pose of her in a reclining resting position turned out really well.I was really happy with the hands and torso.  In addition I caught some really nice skin shading to go along with my Patrick Nagel inspired hair.  I also think I did Cristen’s tattoos justice as well!

Another Strong anatomy/figure drawing session with our model Marcell at the Art Alliance- I was really pleased with the sketch of Marcell holding his head, and the quick 2 min sketch of him in a track runner pose.

The longer poses also turned out well, especially the last one – I was able to get some really nice shading and rendering on the shadows and skin tone (it’s the first one after the text here!)