I'm delighted to have found a new drawing session nearby. The group are much more experienced than me and the space is beautiful. Here are some quick sketches and 1 twenty minute color sketch from my first session.
Towards the end of the session, I started getting the hang of drawing the costume. I'm happy enough with the brown one. There's a Toulouse-Lautrec feeling to it that is kinda interesting.
I very rarely use pencil for drawing of this kind, but it somehow suited this model. I find pencil quite slow to draw with, but these rough, scratchy pieces make me want to try pencil a bit more. Watch this space ;)
Drawing from sample. I decided to leave this one 'unfinished looking' as I liked the contrast between the line and tone. Lots of work to do to improve my portrait skills, but there's something about the composition that I like here.