Life Drawing: speed work

Each week we warm up with a run of speed drawings. Each week confidence is growing. The variety of line and tone is increasing. Progression can remarkable even in the same session between the first speed drawing when the mind-eye-muscle is cold, to the last where everything is warmed up and fluid. Speed drawing by its very nature produces a very intuitive response and image and each one is different in some way. An exciting way to start a lesson for sure! Here is a selection from the last two weeks: