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Nice to meet you John,
Your "Lon Haverly" drawings are great and look like allot of fun to do. Lon's ability to make every line count is superb! I think of him every time I am at the local mall and see an empty kiosk and think of the crowds of people that pass by...especially at Christmas...his hand must cramp!
I just ordered Anthony Ryder's Figure Drawing book, today, because I think I will be attending his workshop in January at the West Palm Beach Armory Art Center. It will be my first workshop so I am very excited and happy that it is a graphite/portrait workshop since this is where I am in my development. And, heck, being in W.Palm in January sounds pretty good to me, being from Cleveland, Ohio! I have read threads here about the "envelope" method and am eager to get the book, also seems some artists here have grown with the aid of his books.
Yes, the models' long poses in my class are often laying down, or if they are sitting up they start to relax and droop their head and shoulders. Perhaps if he/she knows it would be a pose specifically for portrait sketch they would hold better. I feel very fortunate that these are professional models who work for the Cleve Institute of Art - they are good at holding a pose. And the other artists in the class are pretty serious, so the class flies by.
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