Figure Drawing Session - Ballerina Part II

I had another session with my new figure drawing group. I love that they chose to carry on the same pose for another session. Sarah is an awesome model!

I was a little late, so I missed most of the warm-up. Here are two quick gestures I did before starting in on the painting.

I am just loving these long figure sessions! I nearly finished the ballerina this time. I think I'm going to let it "rest" for a few weeks and then come back to work on it later.

You can see I completely changed her face this week. I think I liked the previous pose better, but The model was in a slightly different position, and I just wasn't happy with the head. It was too big, too round, and too dark. The only option was to wipe it out and start over. The face isn't completely finished, but I'm much happier with the way it's turning out.

Here is a four step progress. Kicking myself that I didn't get a picture or two between the gesture and the fully colored painting. Next time.