3 Minute Gesture #70, 17"x13.5"

1 Minute Gesture #67, 17"x13.5"

1 Minute Gesture #68, 17"x13.5"

2 Minute Gesture #63, 17"x13.5"

3 Minute Gesture #69, 17"x13.5"

5 Minute Gesture #70, 17"x13.5"

1 Minute Gesture #65, 17"x13.5"

1 Minute Gesture #66, 17"x13.5"

Viktoriya III (2 Minute Gesture #61), 17"x13.5

Viktoriya IV (2 Minute Gesture #62), 17"x13.5

Kathleen I (3 Minute Gesture #66), 17"x13.5"

Kathleen II (3 Minute Gesture #67), 17"x13.5"

Kathleen III (3 Minute Gesture #68), 17"x13.5"

Viktoriya V (5 Minute Gesture #68), 17"x13.5

Viktoriya VI (5 Minute Gesture #69), 17"x13.5

1 Minute Gesture #63, 17"x13.5"

1 Minute Gesture #64, 17"x13.5"

2 Minute Gesture #58, 17"x13.5"

2 Minute Gesture #59, 17"x13.5"

Viktoriya I (2 Minute Gesture #60), 17"x13.5"

Very difficult pose to hold even for 2 minutes; I had to draw even more rapidly just in case she breaks the pose before 2 minutes.

3 Minute Gesture #64, 17"x13.5"

Viktoriya II (5 Minute Gesture #67), 17"x13.5"

Jessie I (Nude #99), 12.5"x18"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Nude #100, 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Anna (Nude #101), 12.5"x18"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Another appropriate title for this drawing would be "Cold".
In early March, the boiler at the Palette and Chisel went out for a few days. Even with a couple of small electric heaters going, the room was cool even for the clothed. For the final pose of the Monday evening session, Anna hurdled and took a fetal position for warmth.

I find one of the most difficult things to draw in human figure is feet that are foreshortened and viewed from under.
It can easily take on the appearance of a couple of potatoes or banana peels.

Jessie II (Nude #102), 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Another extreme foreshortened pose. With the given time of 20 minutes, I had to be very selective as to what part of the pose I should develop and how I can make the drawing a finished one without completely finishing it.

Margaret I (Nude #95), 12.5"x18"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Margaret II (Nude #96), 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Margaret III (Nude #97), 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Nude #98, 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

1 Minute Gesture #62, 17"x135"

3 Minute Gesture #62, 17"x13.5"

3 Minute Gesture #63, 17"x13.5"

5 Minute Gesture #66, 17"x13.5"

Dana I (Nude #91), 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Under the cool north light from the Palette and Chisel studio's skylight, Dana's rosy cheek appeared more accentuated than usual. I felt compelled to go after it with a touch of sanguine conté. I think I exaggerated it a bit, though. It also left me with less time to work on the rest of the figure beyond the block-in stage within the time frame of the 15-minute pose.

Dana II (Nude #92), 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Nude #93, 12.5"x18"
pastel pencil on toned paper

Nude #94, 12.5"x18"
pastel pencil on toned paper

2 Minute Gesture #56, 17"x13.5"

2 Minute Gesture #57, 17"x13.5"

5 Minute Gesture #65, 17"x13.5"

Heather (Nude #88), 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper, available

When Heather resumed the pose after a break, for some reason she decided to keep her boots on. (It wasn't cold; she didn't use a heater that was available.) And no one in the group objected to it. So I drew her while she wore her boots.

Nude #89, 12.5"x18"
pastel pencil on toned paper, available

Nude #90, 18"x12.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper, available

5 Minute Gesture #63, 17"x13.5", available

5 Minute Gesture #64, 17"x13.5", available

A few drawings from Palette and Chisel New Year's Day Drawing Marathon

Trina I (Nude #85), 12.5"x19.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper, available

Kat and Vincent (Nude #86), 12.5"x19.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper, available

As soon as another model is added, there are a number of elements that come into a picture: compositional relation, perspective, scale, and of course, time management in drawing 2 figures in 20-25 minutes.

Jamie and her partner (Nude #87), 12.5"x19.5"
pastel pencil on toned paper, available

It's a simple line drawing of a pair of models. But what was interesting was that while I was drawing them, I sensed a certain sweetness in both the pose and their expressions. Later, after the pose, I overheard them say that they will soon be married.

Trina II (5 Minute Gesture #62), 17"x13.5", available

2 Minute Gesture #51, 17"x13.5", available

2 Minute Gesture #52, 17"x13.5", available

2 Minute Gesture #53, 17"x13.5", available

Trina III (2 Minute Gesture #54), 17"x13.5", available

Trina IV (2 Minute Gesture #55), 17"x13.5", available

This is a case where, had it been a longer pose and had I had a few seconds to spare at the beginning of the pose to think about the composition, I would have turned the paper to landscape orientation. But in a 2-minute pose, there is no thinking twice about anything except to react and draw.
Also, she wouldn't have been able to hold a pose like this for more than 2 minutes anyway.
That's what is so exciting (and difficult) about quick drawing; you just have to run with whatever the model gives you. That makes me both so excited about and appreciative of the excellent models who could provide such dynamic poses.