Charcoal Portraits

Two veiled manikins

Elsa Razo, my lovely friend & "little sister", using conte crayon, after Diego Rivera's woman & calla lilies

Bev, a very dear friend, full of light, sweetness & enthusiasm

Beginning drawing--not quite finished

Side-view of maniken with dark, wavy hair

Two manikins with hats

One of the instructors--her drawn mouth may be too wide

Drawing from a celebrity magazine picture

A Class mate modeled for us--maybe I used a little colored pencil

Class mate model

This is Yours truly, while looking in a mirror too seriously--no smile, looks quite sad--concentrating too hard

Class mate model

Two manikens again

Another maniken---we were hard up for real people to pose for us

I especially liked drawing this model & her glasses

Very rough & quick sketch on green construction paper

More manikins--wow, were we desperate!

I took photos of a friend but struggled to get her likeness--she is much prettier & more vibrant than this drawing

This woman was a lovely visitor to our class--we were fortunate to get people to pose so we could practice

I began this portrait many times & couldn't seem to get it right--she is a woman with huge beautiful eyes.--I will keep trying.

One of our instructors volunteered a few times to pose--she has a pretty face.

This man was sweet enough to pose for us & we appreciated him

Ditto for this lovely man with his impressive cheekbones

I liked the dark hair & beard--this was fun to do.

I think she was a visitor--I liked her kind eyes & smile

She had an interesting face & veil arrangement--fun to draw

This male model was very generous with his time--I like drawing beards

I think this was one of our instructors--she had a gentle face to draw

This may have been Rose--I'm not sure but we appreciated that she took time to model for us.

Working on a bright colored paper has some advantages; getting the image to show up can be a problem

This was certainly one of those very quick sketches--wish I had had more time.

The steadfastness in this woman's face was remarkable--I like drawing her hat too

I liked including the hand but there wasn't much time to do much with it because just doing the portrait takes all of the few minutes you have available to draw.

Drawing the hand simplified is what you have to do is you are going to draw the whole portrait as well

I liked the joyful look in this woman's eyes--it was sheer pleasure to draw her

I like the head bending down so that the face is foreshortened--this is challenging to draw & good practice.

I wish I had had a lot more time to develop this portrait--15 minutes is not enough time to complete a face.

I liked the character in this woman's face--her hat & hair were fun to do too.

Maybe this was also Rose's lovely face--I only wish we had had more time to finish

This woman may have been a visitor--she had kindly eyes.

This woman's eyes were very intense--I liked her gaze

This man was one of our visitors with a very distinguished face

This man looked good in magenta for some reason--he posed for us often

The shadow on her upper lip was a little intense--I should have drawn it in light green to go with the other shadows on her face. Oh well. I still like how I drew the glasses