Drawing after Model

Results of yesterdays nude model drawing class. I'm quite happy with these two sheets, especially the first one! I've always liked how loose, elegant lines can sum up a human anatomy.

The study that went wrong

Today was one of those days when I really wanted to paint but it felt like everything was working against me. I even found this huge spider in my paint box! It was as if I wasn't suppose to paint today but I did... and I came up with this study of a Michelangelo fresco.

I'm  liking the thickness of the paint, the colours are okay but I do think you can tell  my heart wasn't in it. It just lacks that bit of liveliness, the lines are weak and so is the figure, it just sorta hangs there in blobs of paint, probably because I wasn't as concentrated as usual.

But at least I got to paint today!!