A thoughtful pose or she is looking for something on the floor

Today's model is Ritva and she is a cartoonist from Ystad

Legged posture

Today's model Veronica is a nurse from Lund

What's on her mind?

Today's model is Monica. She is a bartender from Malmö

A relaxed sitting pose

Today's model Stina is a tinsmith from Helsingborg

The school teacher

Today's model Vera is a school teacher from Halmstad

She looked so angry

Today's angry model is Marylin and she is a shop keeper from Malmö

She did not have a waist

Today's model is Monica
and she is an artist from Helsingborg

A simple but difficult pose for the model

You cannot ask a croquis model to take a posture standing on her toes for more than about 2 minutes. More than 2 minutes must be considered as torture for the croquis model. This sketch is a 2 minutes croquis with some after adjustments.

Mostly you let the croquis model decide which postures she will have but you give a time duration. If that time is more than 2 minutes, the croquis model will take a relaxed posture and if you say 6 minutes or more, then the croquis model takes a lying posture. That's OK. You need to have those croquis exercises, but you also must have postures with "action". 

Tell the croquis model to have one minute (or 2 minutes) postures and imaging being an athlet and you will get a series of  some good balance exercises for your croquis session.

The weaver from Tomelilla

The model is Clotilde and she is a weaver from Tomelilla

Lazy postures

Her name is Anita and she is a biscuit maker from Örebro

That really is a rapid-moving posture

Today's model is Marie and she is a nanny from  Klippan

What should I buy to Henrieta's birthday?

She had muscles

Great volumes

A fringed scarf to get special effects

Double model sessions are crowded

Looking down

I don't think she was shy, but she kept looking down on the floor whatever position she took.
Another good croquis session

Frank is back!

A new life drawing session with a stunning model, but Frank is furious again:

- I think I'm going crazy. Yet another model who only wants to show her back! And if I go to the other side, then she is hiding behind the chair back!!

Greta tries to calm Frank and she feels that something must be done so that Frank doesn't lose his motivation:

- Frank! You're scaring our models. You should be less blunt, and Frank - we will have a big surprise for you for next week's life drawing session.

Painter on Wacom

Look! This is a cliffhanger!
What's up for next weeks croquis session?
Will there be a model with two front sides?

Be back for next weeks croquis session with Frank and Greta and see what the surprise is!

Simple lines

Different postures, different techniques