Oct. 13, 2011 sketches

It's been awhile since my last post. Here's studies from last week. Great model and love this group I draw with- good for the creative soul.

Drawing session Sept. 22, 2011

After a great summer, I am back to weekly figure drawing. It's no nice to be back to it.
The model, Sara, is a dream to draw. There can never be enough practice.

Drawing at Nyack Center June 6, 2011

Great model and drawing session. Come join us Thursday nights at Nyack Center, South Broadway and Depew, Nyack NY from 7:30-10pm. Sessions will run through the summer, with a short break late August before resuming again in September.
Costs are: $12 for adults, $6 students.

June 2, 2011 at Nyack Center

Figure drawing with an excellent male model. The practice is essential- like stretching muscles, the eye-hand-mind connection that happens is SO important. When I have missed a week, I can feel it in static stiff drawing, hesitance and over compensation.

April 21, 2011 Figure drawing session at Nyack Center post 2

Sketching at Nyack Center has been working out really well- a little more open than Hopper House, and while it does not quite have the charm of HH, it is functionally an excellent working space for us and has it's own beauty.
I find these drawing sessions so important; visual stretches. It helps keep a certain fluidity to my commercial work, and is a joyful place for me to work among other artists and be inspired by them.

new work

Figure drawings from last week- love drawing this model!

More sketches from past figure drawing sessions

These sessions really help me as a court artist. Doing quick 2-minute poses, the 'visual sprints' help me to look for, and find, the essence of a pose. Trying to keep that fluidity while finishing the work is my ongoing goal.