The Patchogue Arts Council arranged for a live model for the Patchogue Sketch Club. Donna was our model and she came in a sort of 60s style outfit...very colorful and wearing white boots. She also had a guitar for a prop. She was good and we all enjoyed sketching her. Poses ranged from 5 - 20 minutes. Here the longer poses are shown first and the 5 minute poses are at the bottom. I'm glad I had my watercolors with a bright orange and yellow, as well as a bright orange watercolor pencil.
The celebration of the 18th anniversary of the Patchogue Arts Council coincided with the night the Patchogue Sketch Club normally meets. Their party was held at Spy Coast a restaurant/bar in Patchogue. Since we are members of PAC we were invited to the party. There was live music, socializing, cake, and a model for us in the rear of the room. Hector, who we have sketched before, posed for us. He is really a good model and comes prepared. We didn't have the setup we usually had, but it was fun anyway.
Recently the Patchogue Sketch Club had a costumed model.
These were 2 minute poses.
On Tuesday Lefty Lucy posed for us. It has been a while and she is going on hiatus for the month of September. She is working on a play that she will be performing in Provincetown, Mass.
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Somehow I forgot to post these sketches of Lefty Lucy from the beginning of the month. She has been on a break since and isn't posing again until the beginning of August.
Lefty Lucy modeled for us on Tuesday night. She had been sick with covid since her last session with us a few weeks ago. She said covid itself wasn't bad (She had been vaccinated and boosted.) but has felt really tired ever since. She didn't look well...partly because she wasn't wearing makeup or a wig...but she had dark circles under her eyes. She was wearing her dino pjs. I can't imagine that carrying around that dino head for 2 hrs is easy. I hope she is feeling better.
This week Lefty Lucy posed in a sheer, translucent robe. It was fun to try to depict the fabric as it covered both her skin and her lingerie. Here are her longer poses.
Lefty Lucy posed this week. Here are a few 10 minute poses.
Somehow I missed the last session when Lefty Lucy modeled. She no longer poses every week...only twice a month. But I was able to catch her this week dressed in a lovely outfit. It was a fun night.
This was the final 20 minute pose.
Lefty Lucy's posing schedule changed a bit. The plan was for her to pose on the first and third Tuesday of the month, but since she missed the third Tuesday she posed this week instead. After seeing the sketches I've done of her for nearly 2 full years, my friend, Ai from Thailand joined us this week. She was sketching at 7am her time before she went to work at her university where she teaches computer sciences. lol I don't know ir I would have the energy or the time to sketch before going to work, but it seems to have worked for Ai.
Here are my sketches from this week.
When Lefty Lucy posed this past week she said she was doing os in the spirit of "Mother Time," instead of Father Time. Whatever she was representing it is always fun to sketch her. Sadly due to other things coming up on her schedule she will be cutting back to just posing for us twice a month instead of every week. We can't complain since she has been doing this for free for nearly 2 years since Covid started. I enjoy her sessions a lot. I do hope that most of the people participating tip her well.
Most of these are 10 minute sketches.
Last night the Patchogue Sketch Club had a live costumed model. We are part of the Patchogue Arts Council which covered the model's fee. Joanne was dressed in a flamenco style dress and definitely posed that way in some of the short poses. She did 1, 2, 5, and 20 minute poses. I did one more sketch but didn't quite finish it yet.
