Studies in Mediocracy

           Last week, school overwhelmed me.  I had to teach an extra class and I had student recommendations to write for 26 of my seniors.  With this added burden, I was unable to focus any attention on my art.  I attended my usual drawing/painting sessions, but my mind was not attentive.  As result, my work was mediocre.  This first piece was a four week long pose.  I spent 6 hours on this, but I was disappointed in the outcome.  The problem with QAA is that the artists and models engage in conversation during much of our drawing/painting time.  I really wanted to paint a completed portrait, but as you can see, I didn't have success with the model's face.  Part of this was because I was stressed about school, but the other part was on account of the model talking and moving constantly.  She even indicated that she was particularly itchy.  The first few weeks allowed my to draw a rather correct figure and start an underpainting.  The last week I wanted to work on the face and expression of the model.  What a disaster!

             This next one at John's was a two hour study, and yuck!