Day one hundred and seventy: When I came to my computer to make today’s sketch, the garlic from yesterday’s still life was still sitting nearby. Tonight I worked on a “color” sketch of the bulb using oil pastel, although I ended up working in all whites and grays. After two days of studying garlic, I […]
Also tagged food, oil, still lifeDay one hundred and thirty-four: I had to get something in under the wire tonight, so I grabbed the business card of an artist and mimicked the charcoal style on the back as quickly as possible. Kay Fenton is a senior at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and this sketch imitates a […]
Also tagged abstract, art on art, black, charcoalThis 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 […]
Also tagged art on art, black, face, 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 […]
Also tagged art on art, black, munch, whiteThis sketch is the eighth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Eight: Super fast sketch inspired by a woodcut by Edvard Munch titled “Encounter in Space.” The true encounter for me was not in space, but time, when I realized at 12:05 AM that I […]
Also tagged art on art, black, 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 […]
Also tagged art on art, bird, black, Dürer, skull, white, wing