Quick Poses ...

It still amazes me - no matter how dog tired I am, how a few hours spent at Life Drawing can rejuvenate me. It also reminds me of how fortunate we are to have the opportunity to draw such wonderful models each week. It was another great session.Thank you, to Robert, our model for the evening, for a great job and some good gesture poses. Re: About understanding the perfect pose - CLICK HERE.

I found a good lesson on capturing the quick pose. I liked this film because the model is always in the frame, so you can observe the points that he's referencing. Gesture Drawing with Chris Warner (Otis College).

Linda will pose for us on Monday (Labor Day) September 3rd. I'm heading to the beach, so there will be NO DRAWING on Monday, September 10th. 

Anita Holle 

Bruce Day

Bruce Day 

Bruce Day

Phyllis Graudszus

Phyllis Graudszus

Sally Rhone-Kubarek

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Tom Farrell 

Tom Farrell

Susan Ishii

Susan Ishii

Artists maintain the copyright to all images posted.

Ahhhh ...

A super night with artists and one of our favorite models. We welcomed a new artist and got to catch up with some of the "regulars" we haven't seen in a while. Many thanks to Anita, for bringing those yummy oatmeal cookies and to all of you for your continued support and friendship.

Our thanks to Janet, as always, who is so wonderful to draw and a delight to have in the room with us.

We'll welcome a new male model on Monday, August 27th. Linda will be posing for us on Monday, Sept. 3rd.

Ed King will be teaching Plein Air Painting at Liberty Town from Sept 6th - Sept 27th. Oil and/or acrylic, every Thurs. from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Cost is $100 for the 4 week class.

Anita Holle

Bruce Day 

Bruce Day

Bruce Day

Matt Austin 

Matt Austin 

Phyllis Graudszus

Phyllis Graudszus

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski 

Sam Szymanski 

Sam Szymanski

Susan Ohle

Tom Farrell

Susan Ishii 

Susan Ishii

artists maintain the copyright to all images posted.

Pastel Workshop

Lynn Goldstein will be offering a one day work shop at Liberty Town Saturday, October 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. To register for the class contact Liberty Town Workshop at 540-371-7255. Click here to see Lynn's work or for more information about her.

See you all at Life Drawing every Monday. Janet will be posing for us on August 20th.

Coming Up

Janet will be posing for us on Monday, August 20th at Read All Over Books.

I'm booking and planning for September. A wonderful model is back in town that I'm booking for a few sessions.  Send me an email on who might be interested in doing a Saturday session at the Purina Tower (Ed, I know you're in).

Lessons Learned ...

Well, for those of you who didn't stick around last night ... you missed a lot of drama. For the first time in over 2 years, the scheduled model didn't show and I was left scrambling. Our thanks to Ed King for sitting in until the replacement model arrived. I was unfamiliar with the model and well, let me just say, it could have gone better. It has given me a lot to think about in regards to life drawing and what makes a great artist's model.

I read recently that "drawing the human figure for an artist is like a musician practicing scales". Figure drawing has been carried out for centuries and is arguably the most difficult process which an artist will encounter. You have to read expressions, body language and tension in an instinctive way. It's why I think a "prop" in a pose is a distraction from the task at hand and obscures or detracts from the figure, particularly in a timed pose. Life drawing teaches us that tiny errors can cause massive distortions, and this is most clear in the human form.

In regards to the artist's model, in as much as their work is largely physical, it also relies on their ability to remain still and pass time. The best model knows that unless it is absolutely vital to speak (comfort, etc.), they should remain silent.

We all appreciate (even more so) how fortunate we are to have models who are inspired, thoughtful, and work in concert with us to produce works of art.

Please check back for the upcoming model schedule.

Bruce Day

Bruce Day

Ed King

Phyllis Graudszus

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Susan Ishii

artist maintain the copyright to all images posted

Good Show!

A nice night for the Figure Drawing Group Show "UNCLAD" at Studio A, there were even some sales!
Thanks, to all who submitted work and made it to the opening.

We'll be back at READ ALL OVER on Monday, August 13th. Anna Page will be posing for us. YAY!
There will be NO Figure Drawing this Monday, August 6th. 

Figure Drawing Show