Studies

I'm going to post up some studies I made for my figure drawing and painting classes from first semester.
The first are some hand studies on coloured paper done with charcoal and conte.
The second is a skull done with oil on stained paper.
Then there is an 8x 10 monochromatic self portrait that was glazed over with burnt sienna.
16x 20 copy of a master, "Meditation on the History of Italy" by Francesco Hayez.
There is another self portrait done on paper with chalk pastels. The face didn't turn out badly, the hair and background really was an afterthought.
The next is a class study of a plaster cast and skull. It was on of the first things we drew in that class. It's done on craft paper with charcoal.
The last two are just some studies of hands and feet. They are done with acrylic on canvas on top of a coloured ground.
Although these are not really finished works, I think its interesting to post some of this stuff since I learned so much from doing them.