Portrait Society of America Open Studio Session with David

Sunday afternoon, Lorrie Minnecozzi, the local ambassador for the Portrait Society of America, opened her home to artists for a figure drawing session.  David was our model for the session, dressed in Victorian garb.

The session began with a series of 2-minute gestures.

With our drawing hands warmed up, David took several 5-minute poses before starting the long seated pose.

After getting David's body and face laid in, I enjoyed the challenge of drawing in the fabric folds and buttons.  Lorrie loaned me a fantastic 9XXB pencil to try, and I was impressed with the range of values it was capable of making --really juicy dark darks to delicate, light lines.  I used it for my long drawing, and will look for one of my own in my next art materials purchase.

Figure Drawing Friday Night with Lady Poser

Model Kathryn Zapalo introduced me to a Toronto, Canada model who works under the name Lady Poser & holds Zoom Open Studio sessions.  I attended her Friday, March 5th session and was impressed with her professionalism, creativity and pose diversity.  

You can see Lady Poser's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mynudefigure/   

We began with quick gestures of 1,2, & 3 minutes.  I drew those with a Sharpie on brown craft paper.

I switched to drawing with Conte crayon for the 4-,5-, & 6-minute poses and beyond.

About halfway through, LP changed outfits into a flowy, floral dress and hat.

She finished up with a portrait pose.

I wished I could have been there in person to draw her.  The laptop camera she used didn't capture tonal values very well, and fine detail was limited.  

Aside from the technical limitations, she really put her heart into her work and brought the inspiration!  My thanks to Lady Poser.