Untitled #94
24" X 36"
Charcoal on Paper
2013
Poses like this 40 min. standing arrangement are nice when the model has something to keep themselves steady with. Krissy, the model, didn't take a break for the duration of the pose which always makes it more challenging to stay steady. She has a lot of experience though and she wisely added extra support by putting one leg on a stool.
Whenever confronted with a long pose where the model is standing you've got to anticipate more movement than usual as it's a lot more strenuous because they have to constantly stay on balance. So if one leg gets tired they will have to shift their weight to the other and in so doing will alter the angle on many forms slightly. For this reason I usually attempt to articulate the most difficult aspects of the figure first on standing poses. As the model is less fatigued at the start and will generally be more steady. The head especially moves a lot towards the end of long standing poses. Even with the best models.
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