scribble

This was a bit of an experiment in that I started out very differently.  I just began scribbling to find shapes and form.  I think it is a t...

One that works

Not much to discuss on this one.  Profiles often seem to save me.  The loose hair on the side of her face is a nice design element that lead...

Not so successful

Let's look at one of the "oops" drawings, shall we?  If you look close you will see the angle of the right leg was off conside...

A Final Gesture

We resumed the drawing sessions (The Black Hand Group) last night with Sara as our model (thank you, Sara).  I'll start with the page of...

This series of gestures show the model in slight variations of the same pose.  Amber started (and stayed) in a seated pose and merely progre...

Looking for Grace

That's one of the goals I have when doing the gesture phase of our drawing sessions.  Finding the line that defines the whole figure.  O...

More gestures

Back to the subject at hand.  These were done with compressed pastels, something I'm not really practiced with but I still liked some of...

We interrupt our reg...

I know I'm examining the gesture drawing this week but I thought I'd post this little drawing I'm doing of my granddaughter, Add...

The flip side

On the reverse side of the previous drawing is this.  

Sumpin' diff'rent

I thought I'd put up some gesture drawings for this coming week.  Gestures have become one of my favorite exercises.  Where I used to th...

Another Duelie

I really like the look of the charcoal drawing on this page, which was a colored sheet of Canson paper, and decided to leave both images on ...

No Drawing Tonight

For those of you who don't check out the Black Hand Group blog, I'll reiterate the information.  No life drawing at the YAM, Alive a...

Last dissection

This was the last drawing of the night and probably the most difficult.  It's never easy, at least for me, to draw the head in an invert...

Profile

Profiles are kind of common but this one I used a little bit of the Jeremy Lipking technique, specifically starting with the eye and working...

More introspection

This drawing became about the left shoulder and hand.  I know the darkest dark was placed on the abdomen but that was merely the start of sh...

More stuff from inside my head

This drawing gave me the chance to seek the simple shapes and the way they interact with the pillows and blankets that the model had surroun...

Next up...

a little head study.  I was influenced by a Nicolai Fechin drawing that was hanging in the Yellowstone Art Museum that night.  I looked at t...

Something a little different

Instead of posting the whole evening (which you can view on the Black Hand Group site) I'm going to post one at a time and kind of talk ...

Time to draw

Last chance to draw from a live model for a couple of weeks.  I really get bummed when we lose a night.  Next Thursday will be "Alive A...

Influence

This little sketch reminds me of something Jeff Jones might have done.  Not so much in execution but the pose and the large mass of hair.  J...

Deja Vue

All over again.  

Just a drawing

got nuthin' today.

Sunday's painting

Last year I was fortunate enough to attend a Jeremy Lipking workshop held at the Watts Atelier.  Unfortunately, I was only able to attend on...

Color Saturday

Another unfinished color study from a Black Hand session.  I will be doing more studies of this model in preparation for the Pin Up Project ...

the day after

We had a small group for our Black Hand Group last night.  However, I really got some good drawings out of it.  With my upcoming project upp...

it's Thursday Night, I guess that makes it alright...

to paraphrase Prince.  We will meet, draw, break, draw some more, hit Jake's and eat and drink and (hopefully) be merry.  Thursday is th...

Mid week musings

Middle of the week and I am finally feeling a bit more energized. I'm coming to the end of the cover design for the Billings Studio The...

Another Fine Tuesday

Do I have anything to say? I do but I don't have the time. Life gets in the way of the things that one deems to be important. A littl...

Contemplative

That's usually what Mondays are for, right.  To wonder why you have gotten out of bed, drug a razor across your face (or legs, as the ca...

It's just a Pleasant Valley Sunday-aaayyy

Just a painting from one of our first Sunday sessions.  This model went on to own a club here, just a little trivia.

Color Saturday

This sketch is from the first modeling session we had with Amber.  We had our model bail on us about an hour before one of our random Sunday...