Figure drawing class

We organized a figure drawing class, with a teacher from New Zealand. We arranged for one of the Oceanic dancers to come pose for us. As many experiences in Fiji he did not show up and showed no professional courtesy by letting us know he could not make it. So we convinced one of the gardeners to pose for us and we got our teacher to go home and change into tighter clothing so we could continue the class. The gardener was lovely and very patient with us and our teacher was a trooper. Here are some of my sketches, and Melanie our guest teacher supported our process by encouraging us to take one of the sketches and paint it. This is the result:

figure drawing