2009 October 14: From the first life drawing class this term. I was having a terrible time, my neck/shoulder was really hurting - first time i'd had that from life drawing (and i'd had massage therapy that morning). I left after only an hour, and my neck got worse the next few days. Ugh. Anyway, not much turned out from that night, but i like the energy in this one.

2009 October 14: He didn't have glasses, that's just a line for the eyes.

2009 November 4: I waited until after my next therapy session to start again. I also stood the drawing donkey on its end, and stood while drawing. It was a much better session. These ones i liked were all 15-30 minutes pieces.

2009 November 4

2009 November 4

2009 November 4

2009 November 4

2009 November 4: Wednesday was another life drawing class. Took a while to get into it - didn't like the quick ones so much. Partly i didn't like his poses so much - wrapping his arms around himself and hunching over into totally unnatural poses, more like standing roadkill.

I like the gesture here. The photo turned out awful - stupid white paper. 30 seconds?

2009 November 4: I was having more success when i did one of two things - cuttting the body into pieces, like an artist's wooden model, or in just massing areas, and then defining the form. 2 minutes?

2009 November 4

2009 November 4

2009 November 4: 30 minutes.

2009 November 4: 30 minutes. Yeah, i should put in background, but i'd like a better background to work with, ha ha.

2009 November 4: Almost 30 minutes.

2009 November 4: I got to the point where i figured i couldn't do anything more with the last drawing, so redid the same pose a couple of times. Approx 2 minutes?

2009 November 4: Approx 1 minute?

I was finally able to scan some drawings from the last life drawing class on November 25. The session started out okay - the model did some great poses, but when we finally go to the longer poses, she out on a costume, which frustrated me a little, spending too much time drawing clothing than the poses.

2009 November 25: The only quick drawing i liked.

2009 November 25: Meh, it wasn't working out.

2009 November 25

2009 November 25: My favourite piece.