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Figure Drawing – 12-FEB-2011
Recent drawings from this weekend. I’ve really been focusing on line lately. Not just weight, but particularly direction. Line that follows form builds form. Cross-hatching or mono-directional lines flatten a drawing. I’ve been experimenting with both. Flat tones make for a stronger graphic image, but I really like the sculpted form of a drawing. I’ve…
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Sketchbook – 11-FEB-2011
A recent sketch I did during a lunch break at work. I’m looking forward to doing more of these. You can see more of my sketchbook drawings here. Comments welcome.
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Digital figure drawing
Below are some of my latest experiments. I took my iPad to my weekly figure drawing session. I’ve really wanted to experiment with figure painting, but the sessions are much too short for that. So, I figured I would play with drawing on the iPad. What is most interesting to me is how foreign it…
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Virtual World Tour
I have always been fascinated by travel journals. And as a kid, I was fortunate to travel to many countries with my parents. Buy life happens, and travel becomes more challenging. So, rather than fret about where I cannot go, I have begun my virtual travel journal. It is all of the places I would…
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An afternoon with my son
Through a series of circumstances during Christmas shopping, I got to enjoy a quiet couple of hours with my son at a local coffee shop. He was contented with coloring while eating grapes. I was contented with drawing in my sketchbook with a cup of hot chocolate. Few moments are this memorable. Nate coloring dinosaurs My favorite…
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Open Studio Tour
The event is finally upon us. I will be hosting an Open Studio as part of the DIVA Open Studio Tours over the next two weekends. My studio will be open Saturday and Sunday, on October 16, 17, 23 and 24, from 11 AM to 5 PM. I will have models posing for portraits each…
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Urban Sketchers Symposium 2010 in Portland
July 29-31, I participated in the first annual Urban Sketchers International Symposium. About 70 illustrators, architects and artists from around the world came to Portland, Oregon for 3 days of intense drawing and painting marathons. Every day and discussed and/or participated in drawing and painting in an urban environment. The seminars I participated in included…
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Back in black
I have been working fairly dark lately, cover large areas of the surface with black. So I thought, “Why don’t I just save myself the trouble and draw on with a white pencil on black paper?” I’ve been focusing on how light hits form lately, and this combination allows me to literally draw the light. Colored pencil…
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Happy Accident
The scheduled model for my life drawing session last weekend had to leave early because he wasn’t feeling well. Rather than send everyone home, the host responsible for the life drawing session offered to sit for us…clothed. I had a lot of fun with the texture, folds, and shadows of the clothing. Below are the…