MODEL 1 - RECLINING

This was one of the first long poses we did. He face came out really odd looking. So did that right leg - I always have trouble with foreshortened things in drawing. I suppose there's really no excuse for that weird foot, though.

MODEL 1 - LEANING

I should probably have done more to put her in the space on this one. I mean, I drew this and I can't even tell you what she's leaning up against. Is that the chair? It might be. I did put a few rugs though, so that must count for something. All in all, this one actually came out quite nice. It's definitely because you can't see her face - that's still a problem area for me.

MODEL 1 - STANDING

I'm sad this one came out so lightly - I need a better camera. Or a huge scanner. Well, now I realize I need to draw much bolder in the future. This one wasn't bad either - except now I realize how fat I made her arm look. The same goes for her stomach, which protrudes in an odd way.

MODEL 1 - NO HEAD

This wasn't a timing issue - I could have had time to do the head instead of going nuts with the desk. The problem was when I framed the drawing, I just didn't leave enough room for the head. Since then, I always start with the top of the head instead of the shoulders - that should have been common sense to me, but what can I say? Anyway, it was kind of a design choice not to give her a head anyway. I knew that before starting the drawing. And it didn't come out half bad!

MODEL 1 - FINAL

This drawing was the last, and I think best, in the batch. Besides the left hand, which strikes me as a little out of wack (I tried a few times with that one, but nothing seemed to work) the picture almost seems proportional. And her face looks like an actual face, almost! That's an enormous leap forward for me.

"Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist."

 I thought about this quote from Hoffman when I was posting these next pictures up, about the second model. It is interesting to think of my state of mind when I drew these, and how they turned out as a consequence. Some of the drawings turned out better when I felt more confident about myself. And they all seem to have my dumb sense of humor about them - especially the ones where I turned this poor woman's head into an animal's head. You'll see what I'm talking about soon enough.

MODEL 2 - LIZARD

So I was drawing the second nude model, and I never got around to doing her head. Like, any of it. At all. So she went to take a break, and I decided to pencil in a sort of female version of my other lizard drawing (posted earlier on this same blog). It was kind of a cool experience for me, being able to put my creation on top of a finished full figure and see how the head interacted with the body of a real human being.

MODEL 2 - RECLINING

Again, I fail to put the model really in the space. This especially hurt the drawing since she was so nestled in the chair. The fact that she has no face does not help either. Except this time, I actually kind of liked the ghost version I did as a placeholder, so I didn't have the heart to erase it. This is a terrible habit of mine, and probably makes me a bad artist. Will work on this.

MODEL 2 - NO FACE, PART II

Funny how this kept happening. Other than being faceless, this drawing kind of stayed in proportion. Which was impressive for me, cause her right leg is in a pretty strange position. I should not have kept the ghost face - I would have changed it, but she had to end the pose prematurely.

MODEL 2 - WOLF

You still have no idea what this woman looks like. Her face, at least. So yeah, with those pose, I made her head a wolf thing. I don't really know why. I mean, I'm trying to get better at drawing beast-men. And I don't ever try anything adventurous like beast-women, so this was the closest I came to that.

MODEL 2 - KNIFE ARM

There it is, finally I drew her face. I had no choice, really - she kept this pose for about 45 minutes. Then I made her left arm a knife. It's a little small, though, I really should have made that larger. As a whole, this drawing kind of sucked. Look at her right leg, specifically the knee. Good God, that is horrifying. I think I just did what I always do, again - get caught up in details rather than sketch out the whole outline first.