dr. sketchy's march 2010

This afternoon I went to the first Dr. Sketchy's session of the new year - the theme was a tribute to Vargas, and I was super excited because you all know how much I love me a good pin-up girl. (In case you don't: A LOT.) The models were two members of the Hellcat Burlesque Troupe - Candy Mayhem and D'Arcy D'Lux - and they were fantastic. I hope I'm awesome like them when I grow up.

One minute poses. We did ten, but because I can't draw anything in one minute I only have three I can post without embarrassing myself.

Two and five minute poses.

Ten minute poses. Technically the one on the right was a five minute pose but I went back and finished it during a break.

Two 20-minute poses.

dr. sketchy's july session

This month's Dr. Sketchy's theme was Super Heroes vs Super Villains. The models were fantastic and a song from Dr. Horrible was on the mix for the night (Freeze Ray!). Pretty much 3 hours of awesome. I'm fairly happy with the stuff I got out of it, especially the shorter poses - they're not my strong suit, but I think they came out pretty well this time around.

2 minute poses.

5 minute poses.

20 minute pose.

40 minute pose that I only spent 30 minutes on.

dr. sketchy's april session

Two sketches from Friday's Dr. Sketchy's. The theme was "Totally 80's," and it was totally like drawing Like A Virgin-era Madonna. Good music and great models. As you could probably tell, this one was my favorite. I do love me some pigtails.

I need to draw something and actually finish it. It's getting ridiculous actually. I went to the bookstore in search of inspiration today, to no avail. I want to do a series of some kind. I need focus. Suggestions are welcome.

dr. sketchy's march session

So this month I finally made it to the Dr. Sketchy's session at the Fleisher Art Memorial. It was fun! A nice little chunk of time in which I HAD to draw. The verdict? My mad skillz are a little rusty. I was never particularly good at drawing from a live model - I'm not loose enough (short poses make me twitchy), and I have a hard time finding a balance between the stylized manner in which I usually draw and what I'm actually seeing in front of me. So I don't feel like I got anything particularly noteworthy out of the session, in terms of individual pieces, but it was good practice nonetheless. And the models and costumes were fantastic. I'll definitely try to make it next month.

Anyway. Out of the lot, these three are the only ones I really feel like showing the world. I'm not overly fond of the second one, but I feel like the first and third turned out okay for quick drawings.