1.	Take fifteen minutes to look at photographs from magazines or the Internet of contemporary dancers. 
•	What do posture and gesture reveal about a dancer’s inner thoughts or workday? 
•	Does the subject acknowledge the viewer or look away?
2.	Take fifteen minutes to create some initial quick sketches by hand for your pastel in the boxes below:

Consider the following as you draw:
•	What kind of setting will you place the figure in? 
•	What kind of mood will you create with color?
•	What kinds of marks will help create that mood?
•	What kind of space will you leave around each figure? Does your figure occupy at least one-third of the composition?
•	Did you leave space for the viewer to enter the scene?
•	What will you conceal?
•	What will you reveal?
•	What kinds of pastel techniques will you incorporate in your pastel?
•	What details or accessories will contextualize your dancer in modern times?