Figures in the Sunlight

In preparation for my upcoming 

"Figure in the Sunlight" 

workshop May 12,

 I used my class as "guinea pigs" this week.  

Since we didn't have a model, I did a quick 

10 minute demo for them 

using an image I took last weekend at the beach. 

Then I'd bought some great white cotton dresses 

and big floppy hats at TJ Max,

 so we took turns modeling in the sun. 

I set the timer for 10 minute poses, 

but I found that just wasn't enough time.

It was frustrating to most, including me! 

You clearly need to get a really accurate initial drawing 

of the figure for these to work! 

We will be doing this often for practice

and we'll spend more time on each pose. 

It's a real challenge and so fun!