I finished the shading of this drawing, a pose from 2 weeks ago. As long as I get it drawn, and get some darks and lights on there with the model present, I can finish it up. 10″x19.5″ Pastel on Brown Paper.

A close up.

Drawn from life. I put the finishing touches on this one after I got home last night. I am content with the out come. Conte’ Crayons on Brown Canson Pastel Paper. 12×19″

My 50th post on this blog! As for the life drawing, I liked this pose very much. We might use it again and draw other angles. I lost a half hour, but managed to get the darks and lights. I will refine it with color. Pastel on Brown Paper.

I liked this pose better than last weeks. I used pastel pencils this time, I was able to get a more accurate line than the Conte’ Crayons at this scale. This is how much I got done with the live model. I want to go in and add the mid-range colors at home. Pastel on Brown Pastel Paper 11×17″

We had our model pose to draw his back. I would have liked his arm down, but others were trying to give him an action pose. I don’t think it worked so well. Maybe I’ll have to try putting something in his hand. It was held up by a pole for his comfort. I will let it simmer until I come up with an idea. I was pleased that I got it all drawn and shaded within the 1.5 hours that we usually have to work. Hard Pastel on Brown Canson Paper 19.5″ x 12.5″.

This time at Life Drawing Group we had our model pose as a man shoveling snow. Hard Pastel on Brown Canson Paper 12×19″

I liked this pose, except I wished I would have moved more to the right, to get a more side view, because of all the foreshortening of the arms and legs, but that’s what makes it a challenge. Hard Pastel (Conte’ Crayons) on 18×24″ brown Canson Paper.

This is the second and final layer, of the Sennelier Oil Pastel on Brown Paper version. It really is practice for how I want to proceed on the version rendered on Pastelbord. Which media to use and how. I’m hoping I will like the pastelbord better than paper.