Some September Meetups

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February and March Meetups

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January 28th and February 4th Meetups

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These are from the January 28th meetup. I didn't spend enough time one the face in the first one. I rushed it at the end and it shows. The proportions are all a bit off. The chin is too pointy, and it doesn't look much like her. However I do like the shading I have for everything else. On the second pose, I worked a bit smaller than I have recently and tried to be more precise with my charcoal. Rather than going back and fixing mistakes, I tried to make fewer things I needed to correct. This was the first time I've had a face on portrait to do, and I screwed up a few things. Most of them I managed to correct, but the eyes ended up being a little too big. Overall though I liked how it turned out. I just wish I had another half hour to finish the rest of the figure.

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I continued to try to keep my drawing a little smaller. The head on the first portrait ended up being a bit cartoonish. I would have gone back and fixed this but I ran out of time. I worked a lot on the shading of the front leg, and it ended up coming out ok. I'm not satisfied with it for some reason I can't put my fingure on. The second pose I decided to try and use colored paper. I also went with conte pencils, since I didn't have any white pastel or chalk. It ended up being ok, but I felt like I was fighting with the grain of the paper too much. I also overworked the face and it ended up being a bit too dark. Next time I use this paper I think I need to use the smoother side, or use charcoals and work bigger.

January 8th and 21st Meetup

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The model from these two meetups was the same. The above is from the first on the 8th. The 1 hr 30 min pose is the first drawing from these meetups that feels halfway finished. I sacrificed some to the proportions to get a more complete shading. I really like the way the hair turned out on the 1 hr pose too. I think I need to work on using more contrasty, dramatic shading even though the lighting doesn't reflect that in the studio, try to translate what I see into what it would look like with natural lighting.

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Managed a cool little 5 min gesture. The model had been fasting on the 8th and it was interesting to see that the model on the 21st was noticeably less skinny. I like how the standing pose turned out, but really struggled getting the perspective on the portrait right. It's still not correct even after futzing with it for so long. Oh well.