Day three hundred and sixty-three: Although it doesn’t look much like him at all, this sketch is based on a photo of my Grandfather when he was in the Coast Guard around the time of WW2. My brother sent me some old family earlier this week, which reminded me of some others I had scanned […]
Also tagged face, oil, pastelDay three hundred and sixty-one: Life is not nearly as simple as this little sketch of a man in a doorway. Nor is it all black and white. It’s funny how adding just a little yellow to the floor makes such a difference! What I’m still not sure about myself, is whether he is coming […]
Also tagged oil, pastelDay three hundred and fifty-four: Tonight’s sketch is loosely based on a floating figure in a print made by William Blake around 1800. I believe it was an early white line etching, although I don’t know many details about how it was made or the exact process. When I briefly looked at an impression the […]
Also tagged art on artDay three hundred and twenty-eight: After a lot of cooking and visiting on a fine Thanksgiving day in Minneapolis, I am grateful that a simple doodle on the iPad is all that is required of the daily sketch. The figure and the blue burst flashed in my mind this afternoon, and when I sat down […]
Also tagged iPadDay three hundred and twenty-four: Today’s sketch is a study for part of a composition I thought of this morning. I have no real words to say about it, and so I think I’ll let the image speak for itself.
Also taggedDay three hundred and twenty-two: Today I spent a couple of hours looking at small books made by the self taught artist, James Castle. This sketch imitates one of the figures that appears repeatedly on the tiny, brittle pages, and is often cloaked in a quilt-like pattern of checks and spots.
Also tagged art on art, oil, pastel, watercolorDay two hundred and ninety-nine: A teacher from the University of Pennsylvania brought her class of artists to look at a group of amazing drawings in the study room today. I spent two sessions looking at them, and listen to her and her students discuss them in depth. I was inspired to try a fresh […]
Also tagged conte crayon, faceDay two hundred and ninety-four: After picking a subject for my sketch today, I opened the Corel Painter program, and I don’t know what setting I accidentally hit, but when I started applying color to the canvas, a strange cluster of roses appeared. I decided they were meant to be, and drew my picture of […]
Also tagged face, pastelDay two hundred and eighty-six: Quite simple: more drafting practice, playing with pen and wash to improve my draftsmanship. Like yesterday, sculpture seems to serves as a good model. This Roman woman hails from the archeological museum in Naples. I added pupils to the eyes, because while the sculpture looks fine with a blank stare, […]
Also tagged pen and ink, watercolorDay two hundred and eighty-five: I decided today that with only 80 sketches left, I might want to do less copying of the work of master draftsmen, and more creating of my own. Early in the year, I toyed with the idea of learning how to draw human figures well, but I never really sorted […]
Also tagged chalk, pen and ink, watercolor