Small sketch series starting soon

I've been following this guy's website for a while, and thinking of doing some of the exercises that he did (specifically, the series of sketches; I'm a sucker for a series!) and posting them here. At the moment, I only have the evenings and weekends to work on my art, so it may be somewhat slow going, but that's OK. My intention is to do one small sketch in pencil, charcoal, and oil per week, and to execute them in order from Monday to Wednesday, then finish up on Fridays or the weekend as necessary.

Although they are much smaller than the size I am used to working at (I tend to fill a 9"x12" page, which is how I was taught), they are actually a lot larger than the drawings on that website (his are generally 3"x5, I think), because a.) I am not working sight-size, and b.) I have no desire to work that small. This, I think, will present a challenge for me to finish them in time - especially if I add in a cloth, which is always fiddly for me. BUT, the way to progress is to work on what is most challenging, so that's what I intend to do. (But because they are relatively small, I am hoping this will motivate me to finish them, especially when I am close to finished and only need a little more time to complete the drawing - instead of abandoning something that I know needs another 6-8 hours of work.)

In fact, I'd also like to do a series of cloth studies. (Watch for it!) In one of my classes at ACAD, we had to do a series ...hmmm...what was it? I ended up doing a series of my clothes, but I can't recall if it was a cloth study, or simply Draw Something in Your Bedroom kinda thing. Anyway, I ended up doing some drawings of my clothes that I really liked.

Well....here they are!


(I think I did some others, but this was the 'triptych' for the assignment.)