"The drawings selected for this book are highlights of my figure drawing sessions with live models. The duration of their poses ranges from 30 seconds to 90 hours, with short poses lasting up to 15 minutes long. There are different attractions in working on quick poses and on the longer ones. Shorter poses focus on gesture, a core ingredient of a successful figurative work, while longer poses allow one to dive into the intricacies of the anatomy and to finesse it into a beautiful drawing." - Alvin Mark Tan