Hello and welcome back, I know I haven’t updated in far too long, but I’m back at my day job now after an extended sick leave so I’ve had a lot to do. Never fear, though, I’ve been keeping up with my art as well.

I have attended a local meetup group the last couple of weeks called Sketchy Doodle, run by a lovely and kind soul named Annie. I found out about this group through another local online artists’ group I’m a member of, Tiny Army, which is run by the illustrious Dan Davis of SteamCrow and Monster Commute fame.

The first time I went, there was a series of short poses by a fantastic model: Madame C of Provocatease, a local burlesque/dance/fire performance troupe. She was really great, getting into interesting poses quickly and holding them perfectly for the time needed (5,10, and 20 minute poses in this case).

This was a great session, and Madam C’s tribal/burlesque music was FANTASTIC, I really want the playlist from her iPod. The only down side was there wasn’t time for a long-form pose with her!

Yesterday there was another session in the same location, this one was a long two hour pose, with another model, Teresa, A.K.A. “T Dreams”, who was lovely as well:

I arrived about 20 minutes late that day, so I only got about an hour and forty minutes of drawing time in, less a few short breaks. I would have liked to polish this up a bit more, but I generally don’t touch my charcoal drawings after the pose is over, so this is complete enough for me!

The feel of these meetups is very open and friendly, there’s a lot of good communication and good humor in the group, and Annie, as I said before, is a delight. Some folks there expressed an interest in my drawing style so I may be doing a demo for the group sometime soon.

Also just for fun, here’s a whiteboard drawing I did in dry-erase marker for one of my co-workers after I got back in the office:

As a great woman once said: “Meow.”