Stacy

Four-and-a-half hours. A little experimenting with Zhaoming Wu's style of pushing and pulling charcoal.

Nicole

Twos, fives, and twenty-fives. Trying out a variety of charcoal techniques inspired by Henry Yan's processes. Something a little different from the norm.

Keith

Five-minute studies focusing on delineating the basic structures of the torso and pelvis.

Jonathan

Sloppy two-minute quick sketches and a decent one-hour pose. Jonathan is always fun to draw because of his epic beard. Glenn likens him to Zeus. I agree!

Liz

Three hours. I need to find an uninstructed long pose session that works with my schedule, so I can practice more of these and actually finish one!

Marisa

One-and-a-half hours.

Petra

Five minute quick sketches, and longer studies of twenty-five and forty-five minutes a piece. I'm trying to be more bold with my mark-making; sometimes a daring stroke, even if inaccurate, can appear right to the viewer based on how well it conveys confidence. Even though I see mistakes here and there, it felt good to move through my drawings at an accelerated pace, achieved by placing marks in quick succession.

Lynda

Two to twenty-five minutes. The quick sketch and figure drawing classes being taught by Kirk Shinmoto and Glen Orbik are really helping.

Lilly

Five minutes each. We concentrated on the simplified volumes of the torso tonight. Also, it's kind of embarrassing to mention this, but I think I finally learned how to hold the pencil correctly tonight, after only two years of doing figure drawings every week. Haha.

Angela

Three hours. Her skin tone seems awfully orange, especially against such a cool grey background. I knew I should have neutralized it more. Oh well, another painting, another lesson learned!