These are two drawings of Sue. The first was started last week at my Tuesday all-day life drawing class and completed on February 2nd. So in all I spent about 4 hours on it which is probably the longest I have spent on any one drawing. I used HB, 2B and 6B pencils on A1 cartridge paper. The process and technique contrasts to my usual more recent quick and energetic pastel or charcoal work. One of the issues was 'perspective' which I then addressed from viewing the same pose from the feet end. This A2 pastel drawing took about an hour. Here I was able to concentrate on the legs and feet as they came towards me: how big to make the left foot; the forshortening of the left leg; and the dominance of the right leg and knee. Fortunately the head was hidden from my view.
