Dolly - a 6 hour pose.
 

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to do a double session today. I brought what I consider a monstrous canvas 24" 36". I shall try to work smaller and a bit more deliberately next time.

This group is run by our local Dr. Sketchy's organizer and I was hoping for a little semi-nude, as I am going a bit nuts with bored naked people sitting in chairs. I have great hope for this group. It is young and full of enthusiasm. I hope to get to go for a few weeks. The price is a real bargain too.

Nice piece, Debra! I especially like the brushwork in the legs and arms. Your knowledge of anatomy is right there for us to see: foreshortening, the curve of the muscles in the arms. Thanks for sharing it, and I hope you have a lot of fun with the future poses too.

Thank you Julia,
I guess out here the naked people sub-forum is a bit less interesting to people. I have been attending a few more nude sessions because there is the opportunity of a 6 hour pose. I will be doing more cropping in future studies because a face is a face is a face. What goes on below the neck is easier for me in nudes, so I am trying to get in more clothed figures, but those long anatomy poses seem to be a bit more glamorous.

This was too big a subject for the first outing. I found in the second piece I just posted, that a smaller painting gave me a whole different feeling when I went past my three hour attention span. I had completely resigned myself to only four hours, but I went the full six and was more able to fully explore the possibilities. It was a real change in what I noticed came OUT of the session. Much less of what I thought I was putting in.

I also found that, although our model this week was hurting by the second hour, and the second session was almost as much stretching on his part as posing, I had a more confident idea of what to do with my planning and eye. For a fidgeting pose, it SEEMS much crisper. Again, it was a completely new experience..perhaps this all should be on the other posting, but as the subject is time, it is relevant here.

Another lovely peace even though I prefer the one you did of the guy. I do have a suggestion, it would be strange if I did not have a suggestion, and that is as you lay in your shadows try to keep the value color unified , without the blotches, as you did with the guys back and head.