Since the poses are broken up into two, three hour sessions, I usually start out with a line drawing of the figure and then end the first session with most of the form blocked in as an under painting. On the second session, I try and focus on the lights and shadows as well as subtle tones and colors. My ultimate goal is to be able to paint like Sorolla.

The model for this pose is a little quirky. She missed the first session, which was supposed to be on the 27th of May due to an emergency. But since she did not let the modeling guild know about it till too late, she had to make up that session without pay. Seems ridiculous, but what can you do. Needless to say that she was a bit upset about that for she had to drive to the workshop on her own dime. Her quirkiness stems from the fact that she was doing these breathing exercises, behind some storage racks, while on her break. What made them strange was the fact that everyone heard this rhythmic crowing sounds that could not be readily identified. I thought it was from a bird that had nested inside the building. I guess one must be a little quirky to be able to take ones cloths off for arts sake.

Session one: June 03, 2006
Session two: June 10, 2006