Alma

Four hours. I went back to drawing with good old charcoal again tonight just to add some variety to the routine as well as to help me pinpoint trouble spots with my painting process. Painting is drawing, after all. Hm. I've got to find a better way next session to keep the blacks down on this paper - and I need to invest in a decent mahl stick too!

Sara

Four hours. Hopefully this one makes up for the shitty painting I did of Sara last week!

ともさかりえ

Three hours. I'm calling this one done. Learned a lot from it!

Kirsten

Four hours.

ともさかりえ

Four hours on and off. A work in progress. I'm still trying to understand Zhanglu's methodology behind his portraits. With each head I draw I pick up another piece of the puzzle.

I took some liberties with the reference I was using of ともさかりえ, a popular Japanese idol in the nineties whom my college roommates and I went gaga over. Ahhh, the memories. I really want to bring this to a refined finish, but I've got to get up early in the morning for work... ! Hopefully I can squeeze in some time this week to return to it, but it'll be tough, since I've got looming deadlines for illustrations and my portfolio hovering over me.

Lunchtime

Three minute sketches? I like to draw people on my lunch break whenever I can to get some practice in during the day. It's pretty amazing how variable the human head can be.

Paul

Ten minute quick sketches focusing on drapery as well as light and shadow patterns.

Angela

Fives and a two-hour long pose. Aaron Westerberg subbed in for our portrait and figure drawing class on Wednesday. He helped clean and spice up my quick sketches, and also suggested that I go as light as possible on the larger drawing and slowly build up to the darks. Looks kinda cool that way. I tend to have a heavy hand so this was good practice for me.

Sorry about the wrinkles; heat and sunlight warp newsprint. For some reason it's really hot these days in Southern California. I think we had like two days of actual winter temperatures.

Sara

Three-and-a-half hours. 8" x 10". I actually dislike this painting very much and am only throwing it up to remind myself of the importance of measuring. It looks so sloppy because I realized at the 11th hour that my drawing was completely off as a result of not taking the time to measure and check placements. I quickly threw paint on the surface in an attempt to leave with a halfway-decent piece. I'm not a quitter by nature, so this was a real struggle to get through. Oh well, you can't win 'em all. I'll paint smarter next time.

Stacy

Four-and-a-half hours.