Figure Drawing with Model Denise

My Osher students & I were fortunate to have former natural bodybuilder and creative model, Denise pose for our class recently.  

She held physically strenuous and artful poses, like the one below, balanced in the center with arms and legs raised up in a V-shape.

After warming up with gestures, we moved on to practicing drawing Denise's face, using the subtractive method with vine charcoal.

Many thanks to the incomparable Denise for a wonderful class!

 

Osher Figure Drawing with Model Denise

 
My Osher Figure Drawing class had the good fortune to draw model Denise, a body builder and photographic art model who calls herself Artistic Physique.  

Denise held incredibly beautiful poses, and we were swept away trying to capture them with our charcoal. Above is my final drawing of her long pose. 

Many thanks to the amazing Denise for the inspiration of her amazing poses and strength.