Friday, February 13, 2009
Anonymous Man with Facial Hair and Glasses (#5), graphite in sketchbook, 2/10/2009 These days I generally do art while in a neutral mood. I’ve been thinking of it more as a task to check off my list and less of my outlet, which is how my artwork used to be in the past. I made […]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Jake (#4), graphite in sketchbook, February 2009 This is my brother-in-law Jake. He is a true people person and he has a talent for sales. He is inspiring to talk to as he can motivate people to aspire for greatness. Drawing family members from fuzzy facebook photos is a difficult task. First of all, drawing […]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Anonymous Man (#3), graphite in sketchbook, February 2009 Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about myself growing older and wasting my life away. I also spend a lot of time with elderly people, both at home and work. So I thought I would draw an old man for a change. I’ve been in a huge […]
Anonymous Man (#2), graphite in sketchbook, February 2009 I spent quite a lot of time on this drawing, based on this photo. I’m not sure how successful this was, but it was definitely a good exercise. I have never drawn a face with so many wrinkles and I have to say it was really fun. […]
One of my goals for 2009 was to work in a series. I do have another series planned when the warmer weather comes around, but at the moment it is cold and depressing out. For now, I decided to start a series that I can do indoors and that will also improve my skills. In […]
Sketching Men at Panera Bread, graphite in sketchbook, 1/19/09 Today I was feeling so yucky both mentally and physically. My body is all achy and I feel feverish, like I am coming down with a winter sickness. I happened to come across Katherine Tyrrell’s post about how being creative can help a person get out […]
After Michelangelo, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 1/4/2009 Lately I’ve been feeling a desire to practice my rendering skills in general, and faces in particular, hence all the plain jane graphite drawings. I’m not yet off my graphite kick so prepare yourselves for some more, at least for the time being. I feel like […]
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Tommy, graphite and colored pencil in 9 x 12 kraft paper sketchbook, 12/28/2008 This is my cousin Tommy. Drawing this was a challenge as his head in the photo was only about an inch high. Also, I’m not too great with drawing children (or smiling faces either). My mother was able to instantly recognize him […]
Monday, December 29, 2008
9/2/04 sketchbook (candles), graphite and colored pencil 10/22/04 sketchbook (woman), graphite In the past few years, I have moved around a lot and I still have a lot of stuff stored in my old bedroom at my parent’s house. While doing some organizing after my most recent move, I found some sketchbooks that I started […]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Justin, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/4/08 My friend Justin let me use his photo for my experimentations. This is a preliminary study as I need to do some practicing first before starting what I want to do. This will be one of many iterations needed to get it right.