Under 5-minute Poses

Charcoal sketch of two under 5-minute poses of female figures. First one is facing the viewer. She's standing with both of her arms up on a support beam. Her weight is shifted on the right leg, while the left leg is kicked all the way to the side. The second figure is unfinished, she's turned away from the viewer. Only her spine and upper legs are defined.

In this set of under 5-minute poses, one figure is well defined. But the other one is pretty much a ghost. I either got distracted and didn’t finish the second figure, or the pose wasn’t favorable. The first figure took 5 minutes, and the second one — under 3. I used charcoal on newsprint paper.

The 5-minute figure is fairly well proportioned and I like the flow of the pose. I might adjust the leg position just a little to ground the figure. At the same time, that half-finished motion gives a dynamic feel to this pose, so I might keep it as is. When I post these, I keep seeing great potential and possibility of finished artworks. But I wonder, if I’ll ever have the time to actually work on these ideas.

2021

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