Figure Drawing

Monday night has been figure drawing night since I started freelancing in 2000. The downtown studio where this takes place gets beastly hot in the summer, so we take a 3-month hiatus. Of course after a break like that it takes some time to hit a groove again when sessions resume in September. I took a summer session with the Manifest drawing studio to keep in shape. I really liked the people there, so I stayed on this fall. At Manifest, they always do an hour-and-a half long pose, which gives me a bit of time to try the pastels. Here are a few favorites: