This sketch is the forty-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-nine: Yesterday morning, when I drove through Wisconsin, the fog was remarkably thick, and sometimes I could only see a few meters ahead of my car. This sketch is my impression from memory of […]
Tagged fog, oil, white, winterThis sketch is the forty-eighth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-eight: I’ve been enjoying the paintings of Franz Marc the last day or so, and wanted to make a little tribute to his expressionist approach to animals. Since it’s very foggy in the Twin […]
Tagged art on art, blaue reiter, horse, marc, winterThis 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-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-six: The last few days I’ve been looking at the paintings of James Ensor, Emil Nolde, and Edvard Munch. This invention of mine, which was a scream to make, is a response to the […]
Tagged abstract, art on art, ensor, face, munch, nolde, oilThis 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 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 forty-third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-three: Some days I just need to get the sketch done, and today has been one of them. This standing buddha was rapidly sketched in pencil after a tiny silver statue that I have.
Tagged figure study, pencil, sculpture, still lifeThis sketch is the forty-second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-two: Quick self portrait of me in my home office. The art history book for which I am a contributing author is under going a second round of proof editing. This is me figuratively […]
Tagged pen and ink, self portraitThis sketch is the forty-first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-one: At Kowalski’s I sometimes like to get a sushi sampler as a treat. It’s quite fresh because there a little sushi station in the deli area, and a man makes it on the […]
Tagged abstract, art on art, food, oil, still lifeThis sketch is the fortieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty: I’d like to say this was a plein-air painting, but that would mean I wasn’t in Minnesota today, which I am. Not that winter is really so unbearable, but I must admit that […]
Tagged landscape, nature, oil, water