Forget Your Troubles ...

Last night's session was the perfect antidote to a pretty terrible weekend. I spent all of Monday just waiting to draw, connect with friends, try not to think and disappear into my work. It was such a wonderful, mellow night ... and allowed all of that to happen.

It's funny how sometimes things just "click", every line seems to land in the right spot, every nuance of the model's pose appears on the paper and ... ahhh ... you lose yourself. If only I could break the code to get to that place every single time. Peter Steinhart said in his book Undressed Art: Why We Draw, that drawing from the nude model is an "act of discovery" and a "way of seeing" that nurtures our innate "human need to look deeply and expressively," especially at each other.

Janet posed so beautifully and is the quintessential artist's muse. She'll be posing for us this week and it will be a closed session. I'll be emailing details.

Barbara Deal

Barbara Deal

Anita Holle

Anita Holle 

Ed King 

Ed King 

Ed King 

Sally Rhone-Kubarek 

Sally Rhone-Kubarek 

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Sam Szymanski

Susan Ohle

Susan Ishii

Sam Ishii

Susan Ishii

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