A final example from the figure drawing class I took in 2002. Taking figure drawing improved my drawing skills far more than I ever expected. Until I took the classes I didn’t realize how bad I was. It’s amazing how many wrong understanding I had about not only the human figure but how to portray weight and mass in general.

Another piece from the figure drawing course I took back in 2002. I tried to portray the woman as accurately as possible. I took a few liberties with the background.

Another example of a figure drawing from one of the classes I took in 1992 (and 93). This was obviously one of the male models. There were usually 2 female models to every male model.

In 1992 and 1993 I took figure drawing classes at the Santa Rosa Junior College. Most of those drawing were done on very large sketch paper that would be a real pain to scan. I did find a few pages that only required a couple of scans and a little photoshopping to knit together. This one was from one of the rare sessions when we had two models posing.