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I went to my first meeting of the Ness Art club today, I have seen/heard mention of a group in Ness but never knew, who they were or where they met or even if they took new members, I enjoyed it, just a couple of hours in the morning but I did draw, if I had stayed home I would not have, I would have side tracked into something else,
I took my pastels and had no idea what I was going to do until I saw the plants there and as this one was near where I sat I gave it a go,

I took some photos so I might try finishing it at home, don’t you just love these reds……

I learnt about where the group meets and when, at a class with Simon Rivett last Saturday, if I can get decent photos I will post the drawings done at Simon’s class, Simon’s a very good tutor, if anyone can offer any tips I would appreciate it as I have problems taking photos of white sketching paper, it comes out blue or grey and as the sketches are on A2 paper and my scanner is A4 (journal size) I can’t scan them,
here's the best I could manage, we did 2 quick 15 min. sketches to 'warm up' then 2 longer poses about 50mins. during which we stopped for short breaks so the model could move and relax,
this one has a face but no tone or depth,

this one has tone and depth but no head or hands, I just can't do it all in 50 mins.