SCAD Figure Drawing - Round 2 - Week 5

For the fifth week of classes, and my final week as I will be out of town for the next/last three, we started off with seven two-minute gestures. We then did two 45-minute poses starting off with boxes and cylinders to nail the perspective, then outlining and shading the figure. I was told by the instructor, Ben Smith, that the last drawing was "my best to date." A truly ironic comment for him to make, since it will be the last drawing I do in his class. Bittersweet...