Nude Sketch (NSFW)

It's been a while since I've drawn at all, much less sketched a figure.  ...I've done a couple of studies in my sketchbook, but really only a handful.  But the itch to draw is back, so tonight I did this:

...I'm moderately pleased.  I didn't quite finish her right forearm (oops), but I was rushing.  In all, I spent about 45 minutes on it.  (Yeah, I'm slow. I'm beginning.)  Overall, the proportions aren't horrible.  ...Though I re-drew the head twice before it was the right scale.  ; )  This was 99% done without measuring (I measured the head, roughly, with fingers at a distance), and the (photo) source was at 50% of the final sketch size. Done entirely with the "2B Pencil" setting in Painter.

I was focusing on lighting, with a minor intention of seeing if I could get proportions right just by "flowing", rather than measuring the hell out of everything.  I was pleased to see that (head problems aside), I basically could. Some flaws, yeah, but not bad at all.

Hopefully, I'll have the chance (and the will) to do a few more of these this weekend.