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First day of class: Sophia in pencil, way too small. Way too faint, way out of porportion.
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First class: Sophia in charcoal. Starting over. Better use of the space, but horizontal porportions are still wonky.
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Second Class: Sophia in charcoal. Still a little too wide. Lighting on her breasts was rather tricky and I shyed away from the challenge.
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Second Class: Sophia in pencil. Better gross porportions, though the head and hands are still off. Starting to draw a little more confidently, finally.
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Third Class: Sophia in Charcoal. Nice belly shading. Curse the hand on the right, it was re-done no fewer than 17 times. Rather proud of the thighs.
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Fourth Class: Pam in charcoal. Lots of fun with the folds of the robes. The chair turned out neat too, though it got smudged before I applied fixative, darnit.
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Fifth Class: Pam in Pastels. Wow! What fun! I haven't used pastels for longer than I can remember. Aside from the nose being a bit flatter than it should have been, I'm really pleased with this one!
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Sixth Class: Brooke in charcoal. Not as detailed as I would have liked, the angle and proportions were more difficult than I expected and I had to re-do the legs several times, and finally ran out of time. I'm rather pleased with the face though, I think it captured her expression and identity pretty well. The vertical streaks? Ah, um, late afternoon light and shadows, oops. Rather than try to 'fix/finish' this, I'll probably start over with a new angle next week.
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Seventh Class: Brook in Vine Charcoal. Not happy with the eye, and the lips are too close to the nose. Nice gradations and shading I think though.
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Seventh Class: Brook in Vine and Charcoal Pencil. Decided to try for a second drawing in class as I didn't want to retouch the first any more for fear of ruining it. I didn't measure this one out at all, I just went for it. The darker darks are charcoal pencil which blend in very nicely if applied first, and then gone over with the lighter vine charcoal.
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Closeup of face and torso. Very happy with how this turned out! Nose might be a little small again, oh well.
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Eight Class: Brooke in Charcoals. Was feeling rather under the weather, and didn't arrive until midclass. Very not-happy with result, but it's fair considering how I was feeling at the time, I guess.