Tarena was our model last night. I find her very hard to draw as her features are not regular - eyes are really big, nose prominent, face very narrow and heart shaped, lips almost puckered into a kiss in their natural state.
All these “irregular” features combine into a very beautiful and exotic looking woman - so nothing wrong with -her-…but it makes drawing her harder as all of my drawings end up looking like they are somehow “off” in feature and form.
I think this drawing is the closest I have come to capturing her.
This is Meera again. There is not a bad angle on this model. 
Makes the drawing easy and fun!
And here is Nathan, our model for the 1st of December.
Amanda was our model last night and it was a challenging pose from above. I struggled with the angle of the mouth and making the hair feel the roundness of the skull below, but overall I am happy with this drawing.
After a month break, I am at drawing weekly again. Felt very good to get back into things! 
New location for our open studio and a model with unique features - Tarena in a Spanish dancer’s outfit. I am not entirely happy with this one, but hey they can’t all be winners…
We artists live such harsh lives…having to look at and draw this young lady for three hours…I tell ya…
Marlin - 07/28/09
Marlin is a great model, full of character and an interesting person to boot! 
Got a special treat with this one as the pose included his hand - challenging to do in just 3 hours, but I am pretty pleased with this one.
7/21 - Yvette
Yvette is a great model and an extremely talented artist in her own right. Last night she treated us with a North African outfit replete with facial tattoos and an extended hair bun. Again, likeness is coming quicker for me these days and I had a bit of a chance on really focusing on making an attractive drawing out of the piece with areas finished and areas loose and sketchy. Much fun!
Amanda - 7/15. New Canson Mi-Teintes paper on this piece. It is nice paper! Amanda was up on a platform and I was slightly below her. When I translated the length of the neck to the paper, it looked really long, and it does now too. I checked it and rechecked it. She had a long neck and the angle I think made it look even moreso.
I am pleased with this drawing none the less. The likeness is coming faster and faster for me these days.
It has been about a year since I started up this life drawing thing again. I see much improvement in my drawings in that year and honestly it does not seem nearly that long! One year down…now for another 20…
