Merritt College Drawing Marathon 12.05.2010

Another set of short poses from this past sunday's Bay Area Models Guild drawing marathon, this time held at The Merritt College in Oakland, CA.

Once again, the models they had were top knotch - there were quite a few that were really challenging to draw. Several stages were set up for particular pose lengths; 1-2 minutes, 5-10 minutes, 20 minutes and 25 minutes. I stayed with the short poses. I got me tons of drawings that took several hours to sift through and pick the ones that I'm quite happy with.

1-2 minute poses of Leah

1-2 minute poses of Carrie

1-2 minute poses of various

male and female models

This was the final drawing marathon held by BAMG (Bay Area Models Guild) for 2010 and so far, the largest crowd of artists I've ever drawn with in a single (full day) session. There were artists of all types ranging from simple sketchers like me, to painters and sculptors. Good energy overall and fun environment.

Next one's in February 27th, 2011... See you there!

Palo Alto Drawing Marathon 11.21.2010

5-10 minute poses

I'm finally able to attend the Palo Alto Drawing Marathon. Here's a select few from the session. The poses I have here range between 5-10mins I think... I was moving around a lot. Heck of a time to show up for an all day drawing session after months of no practice though. Ugh... can't believe how rusty I got. Still, it was a lot of fun.
The models are members of the Bay Area Models Guild and they are fantastic. My friend Katherine Burness is a member and was posing in the second half of the session (that's her on the top right and the one directly beneath it). I look forward to more sessions like this.

I believe this guild is having another drawing marathon on December 5th at Merritt College in Oakland. Let's see if I can make this one and end 2010 in a good, artistic note!