Drawing Group

© Ellen Blonder

Here's a two-minute sketch of my friend Barbara from our drawing group today. Although we've met for years, we've all but stopped lately. Feels good to knock off the rustiness and loosen up, like working out after a long period of inactivity. 

Drawing Group

© Ellen Blonder

I've been sketching with a small group for over two years. We spend about two hours, twice a month, taking turns posing for one another, then sharing our work over a brown bag lunch. This is a five-minute sketch of Barbara Myers, one of our members, who has been a painter and photographer all her life.

I've managed to avoid drawing people in most of my commercial work. It's still a challenge to get back to it many years later, even with all I've learned since college life drawing classes.