colored pencils on 4.25.12

I have to say that this has been a successful week. The model did a very a good job and the sketches showed for it. I mixed it up by using both hatching and the side pencil shading techniques. I also focused more on portraits and I feel a little more comfortable sketching them now. It still takes a lot of practice to get the faces just right. 


2 min gestures: 

5 min poses: 

15 min pose: 

20 min poses (the purple one might be my favorite sketch that I've done during my time figure drawing here): 

brown pencil on 4.4.12

I don't know whats up with this weeks sketches, but they turned out really good. With the gestures, I think opening up and trying to fill the page helped. During the last week, I crowded the gestures and the page layout didn't look as good as I expected. I went back to my comfort zone with hatching this week and the longer sketches turned out pretty well too. I needed more practice with faces, so thats where I put my focus. 


2 min gestures: 

5 min sketches: 

10 minute sketch: 

15 minute sketches: 

20 minute sketches: 

black pencil on 3.28.12

With this week, I was in the mood to create punchy black pencil sketches and I did just that. The prior week I was hatching, so this week I wanted to shade with the side of the pencil. Thats about it. Overall, it was a pretty good week. 


2 min gestures (I went a little crazy with the second page!):

5 min poses: 

15 minute pose (messed up the face): 

20 minute poses (they turned out really well, but some of the fine lines got lost in the scan): 

week 3.14.12 with tombos

I came to class this week, opened up my bag and I noticed that I forgotten my pencil sharpener! So rather than sticking with the original plan, I used the three tombo markers that I knew worked well together. The sketches aren't as detail-y like the pencil ones, but they turned out to look punchy and energetic. 


2 min gestures: 

5 min poses: 

10 minute poses: 

20 minute poses: 

the first week with the 11x14 sketchbook! 1.18.12

This was an interesting week. It involved a model who was liked to pose with props and what seemed like music that they like to play during the renaissance faire. Whatever it was, it made for a pretty good week of sketching. I think the 11x14" size also helped with opening up and being more loose. 


2 min gestures:

5 min poses: 

10 minute pose: 

10 minute on one page, 20 minute on another: 

20 minute pose: