Black Tutu

.........Drawings of Meaghan N from Monday's class. Approx 15 min, conte and pastel. Nice poses and a great tutu...what more could we ask for!

The Other Side of the Camera

.............Our model tonight, Madison N, is a photographer. Her poses were great to draw. I have often found artists and photographers to be great models for a drawing class as they know what artists are looking for in a pose...emotion, drama etc. These two, 10-15 minute sketches, are conte and pastel.

Les Miz Kids

....................Fun, active, crazy night at the drawing class. Three models from the local high school play, Les Miz, posed for us. We did 17 minute poses, 2 per model. The models are young, 4-6 graders and play kids in the play. They were great. It's good practice to draw the proportions of children from time to time. Abby,Chad and Abbey.

Les Miz III

..............Continuing our series of Les Miz characters from the Newnan High School production. Tonight, Alie W posed. She plays "a lady of the evening" shall we say..along with other characters. Fun costume, great poses and intriguing hair to draw. Both of these were approx 15 minutes...conte and graphite.

The Thenardiers

.............The drawing class is having a series of models from our local high school's production of Les Miserables. Tonight, Nate T and Allie C, the Thenardiers, posed in wonderful costumes. Look for other characters/models later. A show of drawings and paintings from the class will hang at the back of the auditorium during the production in April. Most of these shown here are 15-20 minutes. Conte and pastel.

Portrait of Mary

.................This is an oil and pencil portrait study on bristol board. I started with a drawing, fixed it with spray fixative, painted the face fairly loosely and then went back into the piece with pencil...while the oil was still wet. Model, Mary N. Approximately 7"x11" art area.

Salty Hat

...............Brandi H posing in cowgirl attire and in one drawing shown, with a guitar. Liked both of these drawings from tonight's class. The one without color shows corrections that often occur in quick life drawings. I often just leave the errors in place...besides, conte does not erase well. Note corrections in her right shoulder placement and the more obvious one, her right foot. These were both around 15 minutes, conte and pastel. On 18x24 paper.