Portraits

From Drawing Workshops

I attend a few drawing sessions on a fairly regular basis. I go with grand plans but always end up using the most basic materials (pencil, conte crayon, etc.) My favorite are the short pose workshops because I tend to have a short attention span. This model really intrigued me; especially his face. You canContinue reading “From Drawing Workshops”

New Collage & Drawing Workshop

Ok so this is an eclectic post but I figure I will fit these two in since they were both done this week. The portrait (see enlarged version below) is from a weekly figure drawing session. And the collage (also enlarged below) is in my one medium size collage sketchbook. Starting with the collage, well,Continue reading “New Collage & Drawing Workshop”

Continuing the Rodin Project

My last post on this topic I talked about how it got started. I have enjoyed reading and looking at the images in this book but it is now time to return it to the library. What I have become absolutely compelled to do was recreate some of the photographic portraits in this book ofContinue reading “Continuing the Rodin Project”

Watercolor and Pencil

Sometimes it’s fun to go back to basics. Recently I was presented with a choice of images to draw in a workshop. Though I worked with a few of the images, the one that captivated me most was a portrait of the lovely Clara Bow. I have always loved to make full tonal drawings inContinue reading “Watercolor and Pencil”

Portrait of Claudia

This is a portrait I did of my friend Claudia. It looks absolutely nothing like her. Claudia does not clad herself in Jarlsberg cheese wrappers, or any cheese wrappers for that matter. I am not even sure if Claudia likes cheese, but then again, who doesn’t like cheese???? Odder than the dress I choose forContinue reading “Portrait of Claudia”

My Mom Eating Cheese

For reasons I do not know I have had an irresistible urge to paint this picture of my Mother so I set myself to that task yesterday in one of my sketchbooks. I remember when I was a teenager my Mom would sit in a chair and watch TV and she also usually had aContinue reading “My Mom Eating Cheese”