More life drawing

I was at life drawing group last night as usual. This was my favourite of my drawings. I particularly liked it because I had actually captured a fair likeness of the model. This was a ten minute pose. 

I had a couple of frustrations last night. One was that, though I'd packed my charcoal, I forgot to pack my pencil case with the chalk. That meant I didn't get the usual chalk drawing. Another was that my arthritis was playing up and I had sore hands. Finally, I was slightly frustrated by the prevalence of short poses - most of them were ten minutes last night.

Having said that, these were minor and I am always pleased I went. The group is so popular, it is getting more and more crowded. It would be good if they could book a second night. 

You may think that this man is standing on thin air but he was almost one legged as I nearly forgot the leg he's putting weight on! I had just started to draw it in when the pose ended so it's pretty rough but it seems to work.

Those hands were doing such complicated things that a ten minute pose was not long enough to attempt to get a realistic rendition of them. 

I had longer for this one but by then I was a bit sore and less motivated. The cushions just ended up being big black scribbles.... Ah well, I think he has something...

I will NOT forget my chalk next week. I missed it!