Portrait Drawing Week 1: Back In The Saddle

I took voluntary redundancy from my job last week, so this week I returned to the evening life drawing sessions at Swansea Print Workshop. I used to go regularly, for years, but as I grew older I found I was too tired after a working day and I’ve probably not been for about 4 years. Of course, I still do loads of sketchbook drawing, but I like to work with professional models and take my time, being methodical. So, back in the saddle tonight. These are the first three of nine sketches, two at 5 minutes and one at 10 minutes, all using graphite block.