This sketch is the eighty-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty-six: Very simple tonight. I just felt like practicing creating forms. This silhouette of a twiggy, flowering shrub is based on a detail from the place mat sitting next to my computer. The background, […]
Also tagged black, nature, oil, pencil, springThis sketch is the seventy-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day seventy-nine: Fraction homework. On the page are all the calculations I could not do in my head when adding 16 3/8 + 4 4/5 + 12 3/4 + 23 5/6. The nice thing is […]
Also tagged cartoon, oil, 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 […]
Also tagged food, oilThis sketch is the fifty-third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day fifty-three: Sometimes simple is just as satisfying. Not a lot of time today, and I wasn’t sure what I was going to draw. Sat down to sketch and suddenly thought “white on black.” Then […]
Also tagged black, food, pencil, whiteThis 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 […]
Also tagged face, oil, whiteThis 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.
Also tagged figure study, pencil, sculptureThis 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 […]
Also tagged abstract, art on art, food, oilThis 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 […]
Also tagged abstract, art on art, oilThis 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!
Also tagged bird, nature, oil, winterThis 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 […]
Also tagged oil, pencil