Seated Woman In Green; Woman Dreaming On Red Couch; Woman Wearing Earrings

 Drawn from life, yesterday afternoon.

These are more of the quick, small oil pastels on crumpled green paper.

Part of the series for the Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project.

Tree Nymph; Smiling Face In Red; Women In Blue

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Tree Nymph is pastel and charcoal on 9"x12" card.

Smiling Face In Red is oil pastel on oil painting on 11"x14" canvas.

Women In Blue is oil pastel on 12"x16" pastel paper.

About these:

It is such a beautiful day today and the trees outside the studio are so lovely, that the colors of the day and the shapes of the trees made their way into the first drawing.  And the sun and blue sky made their way into the third drawing.

This terrific model also seemed to be enjoying the day.  She kept a relaxed and happy expression for the entire time she was posing.  (Not an easy thing to do.)

Woman With Tattoos; Woman In Red; Woman In Green And Lilac

 Drawn from life, this morning.

The first two are pastel and charcoal on approximately 12"x20" card.

The last is pastel on about 9"x12" card.

About these drawings:

This model has a classical air about her: proportions, hairstyle, demeanor.  Couple this with extensive, fanciful tattoos.  Makes her contemporary and also not.

The tattoo featured on her chest is one I was quite taken with.  In real life, it is not located on her chest, but I wanted to show it, so it got re-located.

Woman In Red And Yellow; Profile In Blue And Red; Crime Scene

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Woman In Red And Yellow is pastel and charcoal on 9"x12" card.

Profile In Blue And Red is oil pastel on oil painting on 11"x14" canvas.

Crime Scene is oil pastel on oil painting on 12"x12" canvas.

About these:

The model kept assuming poses that made her look recently deceased, with limbs and head dangling.  Finally, with the bottom portrait, I went with it.

Woman In Black And Orange; Woman Looking Down; Profile In Blue And Orange

Drawn yesterday, from life.

 On colored pastel paper.

Woman in Black and Orange is very short poses, minute-long gestures, plus a longer drawing on top.

Then there was a break, and a few of us started talking about realism in drawing.

I think, if your goal is realism and you're drawing from life, you need to measure both length and width.  Do so, and your drawings will be much more realistic.

After all that, you probably think that I measured for the last two drawings.  I didn't, but just thinking about realism made me more careful with the lines and proportions and negative space.