The boxer #1

This is our new model.  The drawing is week #2.  I am starting to define the shadows and highlights.  And working toward greater detail in the shaping.

Figure #3

Here is the third sitting of this model.  She was supposed to return for a fourth sitting but never did so this is as far as I got.

Figure drawing #2

We have started a long pose. That means the same pose for 4, four-hour sessions. This is after 2 sessions. Will post the progress each week.

Portrait in class

I went to my first drawing class this past Saturday. We were supposed to draw a nude model but she didn't show up so we did a portrait instead. We had 3 hours. The teacher helped correct my drawing which had the face too compressed so this is a "doctored" drawing. But it was a great learning experience.

Painting Maggie again

I can't believe the last entry was in April!! Oops - we need to get back to posting. I've only been looking at this canvas for 2 years and finally decided to paint some more on it. Tried using the medium from Daniel Smith and really like it. I think a little more work on this and it will finally be finished. I'll post all three photos (hopefully in the right order) since it's been so long.

Friday's Painting Session

Painting Challenge

To get us painting again we decided to try one of the challenges posted on http://www.dailypaintworks.com/. We started with Carol Marine's German Landscape. Jane and I started with copying Carol's piece to work on brush strokes and color. Pam worked from the photograph. On the second piece, Pam and Gay worked from the photograph (much harder!). Here are our results.