KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 8

Drawings from the final night of an eight-week open model session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. 

Model: Kevin
Artist: Danielle Walsh

Two-minute gesture with charcoal pencil, on 18" x 24" newsprint. 

Twenty-minute poses with charcoal pencil against a ground of willow charcoal on 14" x 17" Strathmore paper. 

KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 7

Drawings from the seventh of an eight-week open model session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. (For those of you keeping track and wondering what happened to the sixth week, I missed that session.)

Model: Rick
Artist: Danielle Walsh

Two-minute gestures with charcoal pencil, on 18" x 22" newsprint. 

                                

Twenty-minute pose with charcoal pencil against a ground of willow charcoal on 14" x 17" Strathmore paper.  

KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 5

Drawings from the fifth of an eight-week open model session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. This model, while challenging to depict due to her long limbs and small hands, was really lovely to draw. 

The first is an approximately two-minute gesture with charcoal pencil, on 12" x 18" newsprint. I feel like I captured the stance pretty nicely, of her leaning forward.

The rest are charcoal pencil against a ground of willow charcoal on 14" x 17" Strathmore paper, 20 to 40 minute poses. 

Model: Sierra
Artist: Danielle Walsh

KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 4

Drawings from the fourth of an eight-week open model session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. 

I'm getting a lot of practice drawing men during these sessions! I decided to shift to using slightly smaller paper this week, as well as exaggerating some of the model's features in a couple drawings. All are charcoal pencil against a ground of willow charcoal on approximately 14" x 17" Strathmore paper. 

Model: Rick
Artist: Danielle Walsh

KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 3

Drawings from the third meeting of an eight-week open model drawing session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. 

Model: Jeff
Artist: Danielle Walsh

The first below is a two-minute gesture made with charcoal pencil on newsprint. Approximate paper size 12" x 18".

The rest are 20-minute drawings, with charcoal pencil used over a toned ground of vine charcoal on Strathmore paper. Approximate paper size 18" x 24".

KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 2

Drawings from the second week of an eight-week open model drawing session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. 

Model: Roger
Artist: Danielle Walsh

The 1 1/2 minute gestures below were made with charcoal pencil on newsprint. Approximate paper size 12" x 18".

For the following 20-minute drawings, charcoal pencil was used over a toned ground of vine charcoal on Strathmore paper. Approximate paper size 18" x 24" (cropped detail portions where noted).

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KIA Summer Drawings 2014: Week 1

A few half-hour drawings from the first night of an eight-week open model drawing session at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan. Charcoal pencil was used over a toned ground of vine charcoal on Strathmore paper. Approximate size 18" x 24".

Model: Brooke
Artist: Danielle Walsh