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I went to an amazing show called Odalan Bali: An Offering of Music and Dance at UCLA’s Royce Hall. During the first half I cobbled together this sketch of a very small fraction of performers on stage. During the second half, I sat in awe of the amazing dancers and muscians and drew nothing.

As usual, you can see multiple interpretations of most of the poses from this session. When I really get going, I just let go and speed up to reduce the amount of thought I put in each. For me, I find the work gains more spontaneity as I feel the work instead of thinking too much about it. Working this way creates more excitement for me, which I hope translates into the work. All of this, is of course pulled from the amazing energy that the model provides.

Second set of drawings from the session. All watercolor and calligraphy markers. This was a very productive set for me. Productive = oh so much fun!

Here are the first set of sketches from this weeks drawing club session.

Saw MIA again, this time at the Wiltern. It was a bigger show than the last one. I managed a few sketches in the dark. Sometimes you draw just for the sake of doing it. I liked the ones from last time more, but these were fun to do, and the show was great!

The second set of drawings from the drawing club. Take a look at the amazing work that some of the other artists produced at this session here.

After the zoo, we head to the drawing club.