Rose in Charcoal

Sketches of Rose from last night's drawing session at Argos Gallery.

A couple of warm-up poses.

45-minute poses. I feel bad when the drawing (especially the face) doesn't do justice to the model. Since that happens most of the time, I'll just have to get over it.

I wanted to rework the face, but on to another pose. 

 
Last pose of the night. I actually got a hand and a foot included in a couple of these drawings. I guess that's reason enough to consider it a successful evening of sketching.  Great pose.

Canvas: Bullfighter, San Miguel de Allende

A friend who lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, sent me photos of a bullfight there. I put the photo on the screen for reference, then sketched in Corel Painter. Multiple round-trips between Painter and Photoshop resulted in this 30 x 38 inch canvas.

Bullfighter, San Miguel de Allende.

Canvas detail.

More canvas detail.

TV Sketching: Hands for Slash

While channel-hopping on DirecTV I stumbled across a Slash concert and a shot of the mesmerized crowd as they used some sort of secret hand signals to communicate with the band. I paused the scene and made a quick hand-study sketch.