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Sunday, June 21, 2009

I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and haven’t felt very coherent. I made this sketch of an old woman deep in thought while deep in thought myself. Here are some odd tidbits that I’ve been thinking about: My friend Kimberly Shaw of Kimberly Shaw Graphics had her lovely teacup designs ripped off by […]

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Early Drawings

Monday, June 15, 2009

Recently, I’ve been sorting through some possessions that I’ve had stored at my parent’s house. I found a treasure trove of finished sketchbooks and also many loose drawings that I did years ago. I found this drawing that I drew from a photo in a magazine in 1999 when I was sixteen years old. I […]

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A Real Indian Woman

Friday, June 12, 2009

She is Real, as in not some Bollywood actress. I was unhappy with my first attempt and I tried it again here. I’m still unhappy, but am sick of it and will now move onto something else. My drawings are feeling too fussy to me. Recently I found myself looking through some very old work […]

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Nose Jobs

Friday, June 5, 2009

Confound the nose, there’s no end to it! (Thomas Gainsborough) -aged 13, at the Vatican Museum… There must be a cave somewhere with all of the noses. (Nicholas Brown) You can find a massive collection of art quotes on Robert Genn’s Resource of Art Quotations. I’ve been thinking of starting to make some portraits again, […]

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Self Portrait, and mourning my 2B

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Self Portrait, graphite in sketchbook, 5/17/09 This is my most accurate self portrait, at least to how I look in the mirror. I really tried to get the proportions right, and I even drew in my unusual (and not matching) eyes. I started it late at night and stayed up so late working on it […]

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Fruit and Flowers

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Fruit Sketch, graphite in sketchbook, 5/3/09   Pink Rose Sketch, colored pencil in sketchbook, 5/4/09 I haven’t had the time to do a lot of art projects since coming back from vacation. In fact, I only just finished unpacking my suitcase today. Here are some small sketches I made from things that I happened to […]

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Another Justin Sketch

Monday, April 27, 2009

Here is another (unfinished) sketch of Justin. I was concentrating on the mouth and nose here. I’m starting to wonder if I’m avoiding doing the final piece because I enjoy sketching it so much.

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I’m Off!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Backyard Tree Sketch, pen and colored pencil in moleskine, 4/24/09 On Friday I went down to Jerry’s Artarama and picked up some supplies for my class this week. When I got home I couldn’t resist trying them out. I was using my new Staedtler pigment liners and trying my new pencil sharpener on some colored […]

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Rhododendron Bud: April ’09 Virtual Sketch Date

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Rhododendron Bud, graphite in sketchbook, April 2009 I saw the photo for the Virtual Sketch Date this month and immediately wanted to draw this in graphite. I was attracted to the details in the petals and I thought this would be really fun to capture in pencil — even though I have been trying to […]

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In Progress

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Sketch for “The Justin”, graphite in sketchbook, 4/7/09 Yesterday, I came home from work and went immediately to bed with one of the worst migraines I’ve had in months. I was pretty bummed about this actually, because I was looking forward to doing some serious artmaking. Thankfully, I got up around 10 pm with my […]

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