The model was Kate, very experienced, curvaceous with a beautiful back!  I used Derwent Art Bars exclusively, no paint this time, on paper meant for Acrylic paint.  It has quite a strong regular grain which I dislike as a paint surface, but it picked up the thick waxiness of the art bars and didn’t buckle or warp when I sloshed water around.

We started with quick gestural drawings…

then went on to longer 10, 15 and 20 minute studies