Thursday, May 15, 2025

The return of Miss P




 
 


Nice group to welcome back Miss P to the stage.  I think a good time was had by all.
 

Friday, May 9, 2025

Small group







 Some pretty nice poses with decent lighting last night at the ol' studio.  Many thanks to our stalwart model, Lady S.  And a Happy Mother's Day to all it may apply to.  See everyone next week.

Friday, May 2, 2025

Back to work






 
Mr. Will Crain. Check out his exhibition at the Billings Public Library, 2nd Floor.


 A good group to ring in the new pricing era of The Black Hand Group.  Lady S did her usual stellar modeling for us and we all benefited greatly.

Friday, April 25, 2025

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.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Late notice

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

Friday, April 18, 2025

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.

Friday, April 11, 2025

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