Some sketches (pastel and pencil) from a my first ventures into figure drawing. They're all from a five day workshop (in july, 2005) organized by my friend, susan singer, and conducted by a fantastic teacher, thomas bosket. (Both are terrific artists, as were the others in the class - i was the neophyte...)

You can see my progress through the course of the class - i was surprised by what i was able to do early on, with pastels, but was astounded by what i was eventually able to do with pencils - and by the depth of attention figure drawing demands, and rewards.

tom, quick sketch w/pastels 1	tom, quick sketch w/pastels 2
tom, quick sketch using all colors in the box	chloe, pencil
tom, leisurely sketch on the last afternoon