Dr. Sketchy's- JonBenet Butterbuns

Gestures

Middle piece was for "nutz" contest.

Sunday School teacher contest. I thought there'd be a third pose.  I was going to add naughty school-marm clothing so it would go with the chaste pic.

"Feeding chickens" contest.  I accidentally put the girl too close to the edge before I decided what to do to it.  Weird kinky chicken-men are weird.

Last night I went to the Sazerac Lounge for Dr. Sketchy's with my friend Maggie.  Afterward the Devil Dolls performed burlesque.  It was impersonation night and awesome.  I met some cool fellow artists.  Josh Diedrich, a figurative sculptor from Kalamazoo, and his friend Neil Bryer of Wombat Comics.  I wish I'd written down the name of the guy behind me, we had a great conversation.  I bet it was a really obvious name I told myself there was no way of forgetting.

Open Life Drawing- 10/25/10 (nudity)

3 minute (or less) studies

The Vulture King, 45 min

1.5 hours

Dr. Sketchy's- Viva! & the Velvet Hearts!! (Mild Nudity)

It's been almost a full year since I went to my first Dr. Sketchy's.  I had the night off for my birthday (tomorrow) so Damian took me because Michael was at work.  It was at the Sazerac Lounge this time and I liked the atmosphere and the building was really cool but I ended up seated right under a blazing hot light so I didn't last the full evening and had to leave early.

Sadly I'd forgot cameras were allowed, which sucked because the models were all awesome and doing poses that would work perfectly with my Erik Jones' style illustrations for my class.  I will certainly be checking Facebook the next couple days for photos from the evening to use as references.

  I think next time I will use charcoal.

Life Drawing- Cosmos Creator

Life Drawing- Tattooed Girl with Kimono (Nudity)

Life Drawing- Strip Club

Life Drawing- Electric Chair

Life Drawing- Chicken Man (Nude)

I was listening to Evelyn Evelyn and ended up going with a circus/freak show theme.

And a gesture I did while warming up:

 

Life Drawing- Victory

She's partly Victory/Nike, or an angel warrior.

Life Drawing- Farmer on Mountains

Life Drawing- Pirate

Life Drawing- Old Lady Portrait II

Life Drawing- Tricia (Nude)

Done in my Moleskine with blue and normal graphite.

Life Drawing- Asian Model II (Nude)

Different model than last time.

Life Drawing- Homeless in the Dark

Life Drawing- Old Lady Portrait

Life Drawing- Homework

Homework assignment of drawing someone for three hours.  Did this while Mike was typing up his paper.

Life Drawing- Sakura Tattoo & Fairy Stockings

The model had a beautiful sakura tattoo, so I decided to do color immediately.  I wanted to just focus on her face and shoulder but roughed in the rest so it looked more complete.  I would have rathered use the whole period for this pose.

The second pose ended up being rather nice too.  I found a really cool Photoshop brush that replicates graphite shading, and I think it's my new favorite.  The pose was reminiscent of Amy Brown fairy paintings, so I added some striped stockings and faint wings.

Life Drawing- Making Fire

 

The student chosen to set up the model is a drummer, and gave the model some drumsticks as a prop.  I didn't want to draw him with drums, since I figured most people would, so I decided to have him building a fire.  Of course this would be the day the model was clothed so I couldn't just do a muscled caveman.

So I figure the guy got lost camping or something and ended up in the cave for the night.

Life Drawing- Cheery Model & Foot Plant

 

Her outfit was actually gray, but upon her suggestion gave it some color.  The second pose had her with one sock on, one sock off, and some leaves resting by her ankle.  We were told to focus on some part, and I think most of us chose the interestingly accessorized feet.