In this post I’m grouping two evenings together. In both cases, I had a good but not superlative session.

First up, a bearded, muscular young man on the 16th. There is the chiaroscuro one on the left. It’s nice when I have enough time to add a light study, but my priority is always getting down a solidly believable figure first.

My favorite though, is the second drawing. It, too, is a fifteen minute study, even though it’s purely linear. It feels to me as though he “is comfortable in his own skin”. It took me all fifteen minutes just to get the figure down in a way that was pleasing to me so I didn’t have time for shading. However some of the heavier, darker lines start to hint in that direction.

The following week, on the 23rd, there was a heavy-set woman. I’ve included a 3 minute gesture study on the left, with a 15 minute study on the right.

Drawing heavier figures can be especially pleasing because they are so substantial. (It’s the muladhara chakra – and very different from skinny, bony figures.) But at the same time it can be additionally challenging since the anatomical landmarks can be harder to find.. This particular model however, was in-between. 😉 The heavier lines are beginning to accent shadow areas.