I was looking through a pile of drawing pads the other day and was noticing how my weekly life drawing sessions had changed over the years. I have been very fortunate in that I have been around people in Montana, the Spokane area and now here on the Olympic Peninsula that get together to hire models for weekly drawing sessions. These sessions are the highlight of my week and with the other participants helping out with the model fees, has continued to be affordable. The drawings I do at these sessions are not what I would call my finished drawings like I do of wildlife. They are fairly fast renderings that I do not even try to sell. They are drawn on everything from newsprint, kraft paper to 100% rag paper.
I have always loved drawing and painting people but for financial reasons painted mostly landscapes and wildlife because there is more of a market for those subjects. At least that is my perseption. The weekly drawing sessions I'm sure have added to my skill as a painter and artist in general but I go because each session feels like a gift to myself. What could be better than good friends, good models and hours to draw!
