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Revisiting Memories in Old Sketchbooks

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 […]

Finishing a Sketchbook, and getting over Christmas

Gift Bag, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/26/2008 12/25 sketchbook (Christmas breakfast), graphite and pitt pens in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/25/2008 I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had a very nice one, and it was relaxing. On Christmas morning, I made my mother leave my plate on the table after breakfast […]

Two New Self Portraits, and trying something new

Self Portrait, conte crayon in kraft paper sketchbook, 12/14/2008 I was digging around through some art supplies left to me by a relative. There were some dip pens, some pencils and a little box of black conte crayons–they must be over twenty years old but they don’t go bad or anything. I never did anything […]

Pups Cuddling: Graphite sketch of German Shepherd Puppies

Pups Cuddling, graphite in 9 x 12 sketchbook, 12/8/08 I’ve been trying to crank it up a notch these past few days and put more emotion into my artwork. Is it evident? I don’t know. This a sketch of Katie (on the bottom) and Cody (on the top), brother and sister German Shepherd puppies — […]

Cat Sketch: Simba

Simba, graphite in 9 x 12 kraft paper sketchbook, 12/2/08 As a child I only had dogs in the house, so I don’t think of myself as being well versed in the ways of cats. I sketched this from a photo taken on Thanksgiving. I am planning on making a painting based on this but […]

Justin: preliminary graphite sketch

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.