Class continues and so do the miscellaneous detailed drawing assignments. This session’s subjects were the feet, ankles, and toes. The sketches above are the handiwork of about an hour or two worth of work.

More homework from my Life Drawing I class and therefore more body parts to draw. This assignment was to draw four different arrangements of hands.

I’m getting quite happy with my line work and speed.

Last Thursday was my first encounter with a male model for my Life Drawing I class. Somewhat unexpected, but something that was obviously going to happen eventually. Strangely enough, this particular model brought his own props like poles, rope, etc.

And add the fact that he looked very much like a current day Kenny Rogers, it was somewhat disturbing.

My initial full figure drawings were somewhat poor as I slowly got into the swing of things. By the time we got to drawing close-ups of the head, my line work got significantly better. All three head shots I drew came out quite well, and the final oddly posed shot came out better than I had expected.

Tonight was the second class of my drawing course in which there was a live model. Kinda crazy if you aren’t familiar with the practice, but it’s amazing how helpful it is to have a nude model standing there in front of you in 3 dimensions, allowing you to take down the form much more accurately.

Too bad the longest pose so far has been 20 minutes, with the average being 5. I know that it’s hard to hold a single pose for a long period of time, but needless to say most of my stuff is very sketchy. I’m still proud of how quickly I can turn the gesture onto the paper though.

Now if I could only start making the limbs a bit thinner than how I currently draw them. I guess I have the rest of the course to practice. Each class period from here on out should have a similar model for the entire session.

I’m continuing to trudge through Life Drawing I with little problem. The class is still enjoyable so far, even if I don’t like using the charcoal too much. To the left is my latest homework assignment where I had to draw 2 sets of eyes, 2 sets of eyes and noses, 6 different mouths, and 4 different views of an ear.

I guess if I had been smart enough, I would have done the work over the weekend versus staying up until midnight to finish it.

Last Tuesday I went to my first class at a school within the past seven years. I’m taking Life Drawing I at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Jessica works for the Maricopa Community Colleges and so because I’m her spouse I get the opportunity to take courses fairly inexpensively.

Due to my want to be able to draw the human figure, coupled with Jessica’s persistence in me taking the opportunity to do so, I just recently enrolled.

No real work to show for the class quite yet, as tonight is my second class. I do have the supplies though and hopefully it will be a good learning experience.