sketches

This sketch is the thirty-third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty-three: Tired and feeling uninspired, I somehow started sketching a picture of myself sketching this picture of myself. Since I didn’t have a mirror, I drew my image based on what I felt instead […]

This sketch is the thirty-first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty-one: I actually watched this happen today. While I was driving I saw a swanky black car across the intersection. Just as the sedan passed the corner, a large snow blower that was power […]

This sketch is the twenty-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day twenty-seven: This study of some books on shelves plays into my scheme for a larger, more complex composition. There will probably be several studies before I even attempt that idea. Oh, and thanks to […]

This sketch is the twenty-fifth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day twenty-five: Not perfect, not what I thought it would be, not my favorite. But done for the day.

This sketch is the twenty-third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day twenty-three: Practicing draftsmanship by sketching ancient sculpture with pencil. This sculpture, “Dioniso,” is a 2nd-century CE copy of an original from the 4th century BCE, now at the National Archeological Museum in Naples, Italy.