This sketch is the forty-fifth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-five: Fellow 365-day sketcher, Sara, creates awesome pictures in which figures and objects emerge from darkness. This mask was inspired by some mask-like faces in a drawing of hers from a couple days ago […]
Tagged face, oil, still life, whiteThis sketch is the thirty-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty-nine: Since I have a cold it seemed fitting to draw a still life of the objects I’ve looked at most often today. The style I ended up using reminds me a bit of […]
Tagged abstract, art on art, oil, still lifeThis sketch is the thirty-eighth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty-eight: These two male figures sitting back to back form one of 36 figure groups in the “Monolith Plateau” of Frogner Park in Oslo, Norway. The park is filled with stone and bronze sculptures […]
Tagged art on art, face, pencil, sculpture, stoneThis sketch is the thirty-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty-six: Tonight is the opening night gala of “Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. My exhibition, “Venice on Paper,” is showing in conjunction with the Titian […]
Tagged art on art, figure study, pencil, self portraitThis sketch is the fourteenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Fourteen: Wasn’t sure what to draw, so I drew what came to mind. Been thinking about layers of color, so started there with a ground of pale yellow and brick; thought about Munch’s “Jealousy” […]
Tagged allegory, black, face, munch, redThis sketch is the twelfth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Twelve: Back to the master of “The Scream.” This sketch is after a detail in a lithograph by Munch titled “Jealousy” (1896). Yes, he’s the jealous one, though in the print his eyes are […]
Tagged art on art, black, face, gray, munch, whiteThis sketch is the ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Nine: My scramble to sketch the first thing in front of me at midnight last night, led me to slaughter a woodcut by Edvard Munch. This more careful study of my favorite print of […]
Tagged art on art, black, gray, munch, whiteThis sketch is the seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Seven: Bird’s wing and a bit of the skull face, finger painted and (poorly) copied after Dürer’s engraving, Coat of Arms with a Skull. Dürer hated copiers, which he called “envious thieves.” You bet […]
Tagged art on art, bird, black, Dürer, gray, skull, white, wingThis sketch is the third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Three: It’s not about line, it’s about color. Extra points to anyone who can tell me what the salmon-colored line represents. On a side note: I’m totally humbled by this guy’s iPad finger painting. […]
Tagged art on art, moran, venice, waterThis sketch is the first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day One: got Corel Painter 11; desperately need digital drawing pad (wacom). If James McNeill Whistler had to learn Corel in 30 minutes (and paint with a mouse), I’m sure he’d have done better. (Do […]
Tagged art on art, venice, water, whistler