The left hand figure was copied from a book while the right hand one was taken from life during a fifteen minute pose.

Both were done using black ink and  a fine line pen, but the left hand one had some wash added. Both are rather Curate’s Eggy. The right hand figure suffers from an unsuccessful left foot and inconsistent shading while the left hand one has problems (strangely absent in the original) with the arm and elbow.

I console myself with the thought that while they are not very good, I couldn’t have done them at all a year ago when I started. As ever, process not product.

Chris