Life Drawing

I am lucky to belong to a life drawing group, near my home. The other members are quite talented, and I am constantly inspired working with them. We meet once a week and vary our pose lengths. Some members prefer to concentrate on short poses where they can focus on capturing the gesture. Others (like me) like long poses that we can develop into more finished drawings. I did the pose below last week. It was a short pose week. The barn where we work was hot, and our excellent model was exhausted. She fell asleep for the last pose, and it turned out to be my favorite drawing of the night.

I have been working with NuPastels on a Bee Paper Bogus Recycled Rough Sketch Pad—18” x 24”. This paper is quite rough, so I have to use hard pastels on it. I think Conte Crayon would work well, too. It’s tough paper, and I love the color. The price is pretty good, too, for a 50-sheet pad, 18” x 24” pad ($25.95 at Blick).