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): 

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: 

some red pencil sketches from 7.27.11

Here are some red pencil sketches from the first sketchbook. I thought it was a pretty good week. 

2 min gestures: 



10 minute pose:

15 min pose: 

25 min pose:

sketches from 9.21.11

There were a lot of good sketches for this week. Some maybe a little heavy-handed, but overall, not too bad. 

2 min gestures: 

5 min pose: 

10 min pose: 

15 min pose: 

20 min pose: 

30 min pose: 

colored pencils on 11.30.11

Out of all the mediums, I feel that I'm the most comfortable with colored pencil. I thought that during that week, I should try using different colored pencils. The resulting sketches look pretty energetic and they still pop! 

2 min gesture page: 

10 min pose:

15 min pose:

20 min poses: