Figure Drawing Night! (NSFW) (Patreon)

We had Every Pose Is A Good Pose model tonight!

I keep altering the notes I put on my drawing board the week before; this time the advice that I "sketch out the values in the FIRST sketch for the long pose and STICK TO THEM" really struck a chord with me...

I tucked this sketch up under my watercolor block for reference:

I successfully knew when to stop on this one! No overdone shadows this time.

With a good 20 minutes left, I started up another value study, but we ended up cutting the session 10 minutes short anyway since all of us were basically done and the model's kid was texting her for Chipotle. ;)

Here are some closeups, since I really liked the colors on this one! (I cheated, btw, and photoshopped the model's hair closer to her forehead; I'd slipped when I inked it and this is what I'd meant for it to look like.)