Drawing night 1-21-14

This was a lovely easy pose, quite relaxed.

Catching up post #4

This was the last drawing of the evening. I tend to like foreshortened and extreme poses because it helps me to "abstract" the body, instead of thinking.

This was a 15-minute warm-up - just trying to find the lights and darks and expressing them in complementary colors.

Catching up post #3

 Complementary color study and a serious attempt at capturing a "likeness".

Catching up post #2

 Also, another fun skin tone to express

Catching up a bit

 Working with a different skin tone is exciting and challenging when trying to use complementary colors to bring feeling to the drawing.

Extended poses 12-3-13

The same process, this one is more successful.

Extended time poses 12-3-13

I set an intention this week to do a major shapes block-in of just 2 values, shadow and light, as the underpainting. I used non-fleshtone colors for this step: a purple and a yellow. After being more or less satisfied with the arrangement, I went back over with a light and dark fleshtone, hoping not obliterate the underpainting completely and to keep an "unfinished" look. This one is a little overworked, the next one is better.