After having looked forward to this event (12 hours of drawing live models) for some time now, I must admit that I was disappointed. I have been coming here annually for more than 5 years, most often to do portraits in the "Stars of Seattle" room which is where all the costumed models go for what is usually an hour per model minus breaks and changeover. While there were a (very) few models who resumed the position after break most of the hour was spent in changing pose after every break. Many sessions were 10-15 sets while other poses had the model talking, fidgeting or even moving (the guy passionately playing the Cello) the entire time.
Speaking of music- used to there would be live music in every room; gone are those days where now the participants are subjected to loud (was rattling the speakers and not in a good way) music of which the CD either scrambled, skipped or got hung in a repeated loop of information that would last a minute or two longer than it should as I assume the studio monitor thought the problem might fix itself.
Kudos to the two mid-day models that made 2 hours out of 9 hours invested in the day, worth while. Although the poses were only 10 minutes long, what they brought to the session reminded me why and how I was able to spend from 9am-10 pm, 5 days a week in a studio drawing and painting the figure for 3 years. Perhaps I am just not flexable enough to keep up with the changing times or maybe Gage should consider rename the event "Sketching Jam".
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