This sketch is the sixtieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day sixty: This afternoon I was looking at William Blake’s series of engravings for the Book of Job, and his integration of illustration and text. Unrelated, I was also thinking about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. […]
Tagged face, pencilThis sketch is the fifty-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day fifty-seven: Today I made up a double batch of oatmeal peanut butter sandwich cookies. The recipe claims to be “so close” to the Girl Scout cookie equivalent that “you won’t know the difference.” These […]
Tagged food, oil, still lifeThis sketch is the fifty-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day fifty-six: While watching the news on the built-in TVs in aerobic exercise machines at the gym, I became amazed at how many people around the world have recently been inspired by one another to […]
Tagged cartoon, oilThis sketch is the fifty-fifth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day fifty-five: This landscape was drawn after part of a snapshot one of my parents took when I was about 7, and we lived on a farm outside of Bemidji, MN. Making this picture helped […]
Tagged landscape, nature, oilThis sketch is the forty-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-seven: Ok, I admit I totally ripped off this type of cartoon character from my friend Sara, who is also a 365-day sketcher, but I have been DYING to try making a funny strip […]
Tagged cartoon, spring, waterThis sketch is the forty-fourth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-four: This morning when I went outside the unexpectedly warm air smelled like Spring. It reminded me of early season rowing when the air is warm, the water is dark and cold, and there […]
Tagged athlete, oil, self portrait, waterThis sketch is the thirtieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty: This drawing was inspired by a photograph taken by Gus Alfano in Clarence, NY. It was a terrific subject for playing with layers, blenders, and brush types in Corel Painter. Fun and satisfying!
Tagged bird, nature, oil, still life, winterThis sketch is the twenty-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day twenty-nine: So, while my “bright idea” has turned out to be a fascinating project, it is also far more complicated than I originally thought. The amount of detail required to achieve my viral vision […]
Tagged myth, surreal, unfinished