10-15 Minute Poses

I really like these two poses, they felt really natural when I drew them, and I felt confident about the marks I was making on the paper. As I continued with the classes I found the 10 - 15 minute poses sometimes quite hard to get into - I think knowing you only have 5 minutes frees you up and makes you quick, whereas with slightly longer you start to get into the detail and it stops you from being so free with your movement.

These were longer poses and I think I tried too hard with them, the marks are too thick and I'm not happy with the shape of the models body, particularly in the second one (below) he just looks really hairy! 

This one is not so bad, and although I'm not happy with the shading, it's way more of an improvement than the previous one. This was 15 minutes. I always struggle to get the hands looking good when using charcoal - I find I make the area too dark and then find it really hard to correct. It's much easier using pencils and then shading with charcoal if necessary (although I prefer to use the same medium throughout).

I was struggling to get the left arm looking right in this one, I had foreshortened the arm but without shading it just looked really odd.. having added the shading it makes more sense and its possible to see that the arm is going further back and not just really short.