Life drawing sketches

I’ve been taking life drawing classes for a few weeks now, and I’m finding it fun but also quite labor intensive. From the moment the model sets the timer, I feel like I’m in a mad rush to render what I see before the time is up. We start with one minute poses to loosen up then on to five minutes, ten minutes and finely a couple twenty minute poses. The class of about twenty artists is professional and surprisingly quiet at times as we are all focused on the task at hand. I’m going to post some of my sketches from the class, not because I think there good but as a means to gauge my progress as I go along. When it comes to art I put the carriage before the horse so to speak by learning how to oil paint before learning how to draw well first. Inadequate drawing will always inhibit the oil painting progress. Taking these classes is my attempt to correct this imbalance as my true passion is to be the best oil painter I can.