Taking the weekend off

I'll look for something interesting to post for the upcoming couple of weeks, but in the meantime I'm going to take a brief break fr...

A little piece of my mind...

will have a little peace of mind. Today is my last day at my current position. I've spent 4 and a half years with the two companies an...

Different POV

Same pose as yesterday only a slightly different angle and much shorter drawing time. I may like it better than yesterday's post. It...

Just sittin' around

This was supposed to be a 10 minute pose but the group wanted to extend it to 15 so I moved and did a short sketch for the final drawing of ...

Old pose done anew

I have a great little drawing of Amber that had a very Art Nouveau look to it that I have been chomping at the bit to do again. So I asked ...

A bit better

At least in my mind it is. I was in such a hurry that it was nice to calm down and do a full figure for once. It seems I do a lot of vigne...

Uh...

I was going to go back and clean this one up.  Then I realized it wouldn't be a "life" drawing.  One of the purposes of these ...

A little cheating...

but I am short on drawings.  More gestures from Thursday's truncated session.

Last night at the YAM

I had to cut my session short last night due to other obligations so I'm going to stretch the gestures out a couple of days. On a bette...

Finally

I feel that I finally got to the drawing I wanted all night. It's not perfect but there was so much to draw in this great pose it was p...

Lost edges

I wish I had done the hair differently on not at all. But otherwise I was pretty happy with this one.

Simple and better

Just simplifying the approach and switching to charcoal from conté made this a better drawing. Maybe not my strongest effort (definitely no...

Not quite back in the groove

This one was coming along until I rushed the face in the last few seconds.  Just wasn't having a good "likeness" evening.

Still struggling

Egads, it's hard to post these.  But it is a bit cathartic to put up one's lesser efforts in order to make the point that each drawi...

One outta two

The top piece I'm okay with, but the bottom sketch started 30 minutes of frustration.  As you'll see in the coming days.

Sara returns

My gestures of our most excellent model, Sara Wright. As always, she did a great job. I only wish that all of my drawings were good, but a...

Two views

Jeff as seen through the eyes of a tired artist. As you can see by the top drawing I was getting weary so the bottom drawing reflects my st...

Not a leg to stand on

Again with the leg?! At least I explored the hands a bit on this one.

Seated

I seemed to be inordinately drawn to drawing the legs of this model. I also like the hands, something that I'm trying to get better at....

Left side...

must have been his best side. It seems my eyesight couldn't focus on the right side of the figure. Oh, well, it's just a sketch.

Two for Sunday

since I was out of internet service yesterday and much of today.  More of Jeff...

Woo Hoo...

back to figure drawing. Oops, maybe not woo hoo. A bit rusty. Damn!

Please let this be the last time

I post this old stuff. We resume tonight and I'm hoping everything goes smoothly. Anyhow, some more Indy stuff from Topps. Keep your ...

More from the cellar

Spent the better part of the morning loading furniture for a Canadian client. Glad that's over. (knock on wood). Here's another T...

This is how I feel today

A little stydy

Another miniature, one that garnered no interest from the two shows.  I was actually quite happy with the exaggerated features and the loose...

Independence Day

It's unfortunate that today has become known simply as "The Fourth of July".  It is Independence Day for a our nation, a day t...

My favorite Al Williamson sketch

Another that he doodled while bringing his brush to a point.  These sketches made such an impact on me that when I do work with a brush, thi...

THIS is how you bring your brush to a point!!!

I watched him warming up and bringing his brush to a point by doing a beautiful little sketch. Tomorrow I'll post my favorite of the sk...

Al's version of "Gladiator"

Another little sketch by the great Al Williamson.