What a fun event this was. In a small town like Ashland, everyone knows everyone, and since there's a ton of super talented artists here, it was a very festive and creative evening.
I originally was going to go by myself, but at the last minute a friend of mine, Julia, came by my house to play backgammon, and I told her about this. It was surprising she didn't already know, as she's an artist and way hooked into the art scene here. But it was more fun to show up with a date than to show up solo, even if she does have a boyfriend.
It was tricky drawing in bad light, with multiple shadows of my pencil all over my drawing pad. But being up front helped a lot; most people were much further away from the stage than I was (I was sitting on the models' couch).
I was really glad to get this one drawing out of the event, as the rest of the ones I did weren't that great. This is the girl you see in the end of the video, nearest the camera, who's talking. She was by far the hottest model there, and this portrait of her was done while she was posing with two other models, but I didn't have the time, or inclination, to draw them with her so near at hand. One thing that was difficult was drawing the makeup she had on, which was a big blob of red on her cheek and some heavy eyeliner.
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