Important announcement

 The Black Hand Group has been around in one form or another for 25+ years and in all of that time we've kept the model fee at $5.  The guaranteed pay for a two hour session has been $40 and we haven't really had an issue with that.  But MSU-B has been paying $30 an hour for at least the last year and I believe that disparity may have led to at least one of our models leaving us.  I am going to ask that we begin paying $8 per session so that we can better compete with the university.  I have two new model possibilities and I'd like to tell them that we can pay  $60 for their time.  If this is in any way onerous for the majority then I propose moving our weekly sessions to every other week and make it easier.  Thank you for your understanding.

Late notice

 No drawing tonight.  A model malfunction.  We'll try again next week.

Good group for a snowy April evening

  We broke up the last pose into two 20+ minute sittings and the world didn't end.  Thanks again, Lady S.  We appreciate all you do for us.

We tried something new... for us

 Single pose.  One break.  Doesn't make for the most riveting post...

Of course, we started with gestures...

 

Then we moved to 45 minutes in a seated pose, broke to give the model some time to stretch and then finished with another 45 minutes (or thereabouts).  I think the artists had fun.  I know the time went very quickly for me.  Thanks, Lady S, for indulging our whims.

 

 

Mr. Will Crain

Neither snow nor dark of night...

 ...could keep us from having a pretty good sized group.   Thanks, Lady S, for another great evening of art.

 

Thanks for sharing, Will & Seth.