This was a long pose portrait of a woman done with a digital drawing tablet. I used black pencil and then added some white highlights and reds. Model did a pretty good job of holding the pose and coming back after the breaks. 

This was a long pose portrait of an old woman wearing a hat. Started with the four lines methods in black. Progressed to add some reds and whites. Spent about 2 hours on this digital painting. 

Finally back to figure drawing again after more than a year hiatus due to SARS-COV. This was a long pose portrait of a young female figure drawing model which I worked on for about 2 hours. Started with black pencil and then added red and white highlights.

This was a long pose portrait of a female figure drawing model. Black pencil base on yellow ochre ground followed by some browns and white highlights. Stopped at about 2 hours. 

Today at the open studio one of the other artists requested I post another portrait so I decided to do one during the studio and am posting it now. Gesture went pretty well and I used the Bridgeman four line approach to start. I spent about 2 hours including breaks on this study. Black base on a ocher ground, followed by white highlights and some red or brown local color.  

This was a pair of quick sketch portraits that I did over the weekend. Liked them, especially the facial expression and shading for the one on the left. 

This is a few quick sketch portraits of figure drawing models that I combined into a montage during the drawing session. You can move the portraits around the page with a digital drawing tablet, so you can compose the group on the fly. I started with black pencil and then added some white highlights one some of the portraits and reds on one of the portraits. These were pretty quick, no more than 20 minutes or so at the most. 

Things have been pretty busy for me recently as I had a business trip, then changed jobs and moved. I am still settling into my new job and apartment. Consequently I have not been posting as much recently. I did this portrait of a female figure drawing model in about 20 minutes. I am excited to return to a more regular schedule so I can draw more. 

This is a series of portraits I did this month. Various pose lengths from a few minutes to a bit less than a half an hour. Also added a slide show below, just click on the icon below and the slide show will pop up for you to look through.

This was a long pose and I decided to work on a portrait, as there was a nice three quarters view from where I was standing. I started with the four lines framework and used the glasses as an anchor. Really felt like the perspective came through on this one.