{"id":2841,"date":"2011-08-02T23:28:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T04:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2014-12-14T20:12:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T01:12:57","slug":"try-try-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/02\/try-try-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Try, Try Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2843\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-01R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2843\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-01R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-01R.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-01R.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-01R.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marilyn 1, June, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/freudian-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Last week<\/a> I posted about the master of the &#8220;naked portrait&#8221;, Lucian Freud, who often spent hundreds of hours over a period of many months on a single painting.\u00a0 Naked portraits are also among my practices, but I lack the patience to spend so much time laboring over a single image.\u00a0 I feel my best work arises more from spontaneity than from perseverance, and so I just churn &#8217;em out and hope a few are worth saving.<\/p>\n<p>I run a weekly session at New York&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springstudiosoho.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spring Studio<\/a> featuring a nude &#8220;long pose&#8221; &#8211; long by sketch standards, not by oil painting standards.\u00a0 My class lasts three hours and starts with a set of two-minute warm-up poses; subtracting that set and breaks, the amount of time allotted for drawing the pose amounts to two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Most artists work on a single drawing or painting during the session.\u00a0 So do I, sometimes, but I also frequently decide to start over again one or more times.\u00a0 In this post I&#8217;ll share recent examples of multiple tries at the same pose from the same viewing angle.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sharing some of my <a href=\"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/09\/the-secret-of-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\">failures<\/a>, work I wouldn&#8217;t normally exhibit, because of what they reveal about my process.<\/p>\n<p>The sketch that opens this post shows how I begin analyzing the angles of a pose.\u00a0 You can see how I use a combination of triangulation and rhythmic curves to find the tension and structural energy of the pose.\u00a0 In my second attempt, below, I&#8217;m building on that analysis, but drawing closer.\u00a0 I often use lines to indicate the contours between shadows and highlights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2844\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-02R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2844\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2844\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-02R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-02R.jpg?resize=445%2C600\" width=\"445\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-02R.jpg?w=445 445w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-02R.jpg?resize=222%2C300 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marilyn 2, June, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, I decide that all the magnificent arches and cantilevers of this pose are distilled in Marilyn&#8217;s face, with its pointed eyebrows and lips, and the lovely taut bow of the collarbone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2845\" style=\"width: 469px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-03R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2845\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2845\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-03R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-03R.jpg?resize=459%2C600\" width=\"459\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-03R.jpg?w=459 459w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-13-marilyn-03R.jpg?resize=229%2C300 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marilyn 3, June, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christophe is a model with an acting background, and his specialty is <a href=\"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/04\/christophes-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\">facial expressions<\/a>.\u00a0 Here he gave us anguish, leaning to one side.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2847\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-01R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2847\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2847\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-01R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-01R.jpg?resize=461%2C600\" width=\"461\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-01R.jpg?w=461 461w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-01R.jpg?resize=230%2C300 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christophe 1, June, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here I spent most of the session developing the drawing above.\u00a0 At some point near the end of the session I decided I&#8217;d best stop working on it. lest I overwork it and destroy its power, a mistake I still sometimes make.\u00a0 So I spent the last half hour or so simplifying what\u00a0 I&#8217;d learned from the previous hours of study of Christophe&#8217;s expression into a linear abstraction of emotion, below.\u00a0 Even though this drawing is an afterthought, I think it&#8217;s stronger than the one I spent more time on.\u00a0 I wouldn&#8217;t have been able to do something like this from the start &#8211; its simplicity only arises from the experience of prolonged looking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2848\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-02R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2848\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2848\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-02R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-02R.jpg?resize=455%2C600\" width=\"455\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-02R.jpg?w=455 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-06-20-christophe-02R.jpg?resize=227%2C300 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christophe 2, June, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of my favorite models, Betty.\u00a0 I think I began drawing using the yellow crayon sideways to indicate the highlights of the body, then used white and black lines to delineate details and the contours between highlight and shadow areas.\u00a0 Proportions are wildly off here, with the head half the size of the torso.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2850\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-01R1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2850\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2850\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-01R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-01R1.jpg?resize=462%2C600\" width=\"462\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-01R1.jpg?w=462 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-01R1.jpg?resize=231%2C300 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty 1, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So I started again and developed this figure in relation to the elements around it.\u00a0 The head may still be a little too big, but that&#8217;s my strongest distortive tendency.\u00a0 The face has so much structural complexity and carries so much expressive power, it needs as much space in the drawing as it needs!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2851\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-02R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2851\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2851\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-02R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-02R.jpg?resize=461%2C600\" width=\"461\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-02R.jpg?w=461 461w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-11-betty-02R.jpg?resize=230%2C300 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty 2, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Below is another example where I managed to come up with a representation of the model&#8217;s face, body and expression that was pretty satisfactory, overall, but a bit dull, perhaps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2852\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-01R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2852\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2852\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-01R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-01R.jpg?resize=460%2C600\" width=\"460\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-01R.jpg?w=460 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-01R.jpg?resize=230%2C300 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchell 1, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So I moved in on the face and tried to summarize its specificity in line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2853\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-02R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2853\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-02R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-02R.jpg?resize=465%2C600\" width=\"465\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-02R.jpg?w=465 465w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-18-mitchell-02R.jpg?resize=232%2C300 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchell 2, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s stage one of a look at Luke&#8217;s seated pose.\u00a0 All the drawings in this post were made during the summer.\u00a0 In the hot months, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/products\/caran-dache-neocolor-ii-artists-crayons\/\" target=\"_blank\"> aquarelle crayons<\/a> I use are softer and lay down a thicker layer of wax than they do in the cooler months.\u00a0 Once there&#8217;s a certain density of wax on the paper, revision is hopeless.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2854\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-01R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2854\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-01R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-01R.jpg?resize=463%2C600\" width=\"463\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-01R.jpg?w=463 463w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-01R.jpg?resize=231%2C300 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luke 1, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A second attempt shows my understanding of the figure sharpening.\u00a0 Here I&#8217;m using a lot of cross-contours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2855\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-02R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2855\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2855\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-02R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-02R.jpg?resize=468%2C600\" width=\"468\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-02R.jpg?w=468 468w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-02R.jpg?resize=234%2C300 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luke 2, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, again, I move in closer.\u00a0 Here the style I&#8221;m using is like carving with a chisel.\u00a0 I&#8217;m trying to approximate colors by the method of optical mixing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2856\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-03R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2856\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2856\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-03R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-03R.jpg?resize=465%2C600\" width=\"465\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-03R.jpg?w=465 465w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-07-25-luke-03R.jpg?resize=232%2C300 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luke 3, July, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The final series of drawings in this post is from this past Monday.\u00a0 This was my first shot at drawing Leah, a model that has inspired several <a href=\"http:\/\/danielmaidman.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/web-of-influences.html\" target=\"_blank\">lovely paintings<\/a> by Daniel Maidman.\u00a0 I started out measuring the pose by head-lengths.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2857\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-01R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2857\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2857\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-01R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-01R.jpg?resize=450%2C600\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-01R.jpg?w=450 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-01R.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leah 1, August, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the second attempt, the head was oversized &#8211; my usual tendency.\u00a0 The pose has subtly changed since the first set, with the left knee and arm covering less of the torso.\u00a0 Most of the artists were clustered to the model&#8217;s right side during this pose, and probably didn&#8217;t even notice the change in the pose.\u00a0 I took advantage of it to study the structure of the chest and abdomen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2858\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-02R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2858\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2858\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-02R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-02R.jpg?resize=455%2C600\" width=\"455\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-02R.jpg?w=455 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-02R.jpg?resize=227%2C300 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leah 2, August, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My third try at this pose finds me moving closer, to allow a more detailed treatment of the face.\u00a0 Still not quite right, though.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2859\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-03R.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2859\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-03R\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-03R.jpg?resize=444%2C600\" width=\"444\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-03R.jpg?w=444 444w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-03R.jpg?resize=222%2C300 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leah 3, August, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the final try, developed during the last third of the session.\u00a0 I still haven&#8217;t really captured <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vTQWC0oKBek\/TiXDrbQ8rbI\/AAAAAAAABcg\/1KPWfO0b_gw\/s1600\/graphic%2B7%2BMAIDMAN_Blue-Leah-%25231_24x36.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Leah&#8217;s face<\/a>, but I&#8217;m happy with the color and the challenging dangling hand in front of the thigh.\u00a0 It can be hard to really get the essence of a model in the first session of studying her or him &#8211; you get what you can, and then time&#8217;s up!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2860\" style=\"width: 462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-04RR.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2860\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2860\" title=\"fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-04RR\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-04RR.jpg?resize=452%2C600\" width=\"452\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-04RR.jpg?w=452 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/fredhatt-2011-08-01-leah-04RR.jpg?resize=226%2C300 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leah 4, August, 2011, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All the drawings in this post are aquarelle crayon on paper, 19 1\/2&#8243; x 25 1\/2&#8243; (50 cm x 65 cm).\u00a0 Similar previous posts showing multiple attempts at the same pose include <a href=\"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/15\/variations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Variations<\/em><\/a> and <a 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