Model #1

The first model for my class wasn't at all what anyone would expect. She is about five feet tall and is easily well into her sixties. A very quiet and plump woman; fragile and sweet, yet bold and daring. I can't help but feel awful for her, being that it is freezing in the art room at times, so much that I can barely grasp my piece of charcoal without my fingers shattering like icicles...and I am fully clothed with a jacket and scarf! Any who, Jackie (the model) is without a doubt a trooper. I don't ever think I will have the confidence to stand nude in a room with nothing but a spotlight and twelve art students focusing in on my every flaw, but I do often wonder why an elderly woman chooses to apply herself in this type of field. Whatever the reason may be, I still give her credit. That lady's got balls (not literally). Here are a few earlier drawings I've done of her. Enjoy!