To New Waves

Sketches, one by a Guest Artist

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

Who is the guest artist, you might ask? You’ve seen her once or twice or a few more times in my drawings, and this time she opted to draw me during the last drawing of mine (#3 in this series).

The drawings are as follows: “Cross-Legged” (Foreshortened— she isn’t fat!), “Passed Out,” and “Clear-Eyed.” You’ll notice from the drawing of me that she did while I drew her that her eye is perhaps sharper than mine. How frustrating.



BONUS MATERIAL BELOW:
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143/1000 (Ink and graphite on paper) <-- doesn't include the bonus drawing.

Charcoal: Final Explorations & Figure

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

Apologies for the long post, but we’ve got a bunch of stuff going on here. The final Charcoal Value Exploration (click for a larger version if you’re so inclined) alongside a series of figure explorations. Enjoy!






142/1000 (Charcoal on paper)

Dreaming Again

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

Wake up my friend, you’ve been dreaming again…

139.75/1000 (Micron pigma on paper)

Bus Drawings

Monday, May 18th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

A couple line drawings of people on the bus. I don’t think either of them caught me drawing them. That is to say, I didn’t ask their permission.


139/1000 (Micron Pigma on paper)

Sleeping & Listening

Monday, May 18th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

Two relatively quick sketches. Not gestural, by any means, but without the careful hemming and hawing that can go into a “serious” drawing. This also means they’re free from some of the baggage longer-term drawings carry. Good times!


138.5/1000 (Graphite on paper)

Charcoal Value Portrait

Sunday, May 17th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

138/1000 (Charcoal and conté crayon on paper)

Pasture Drawings

Saturday, May 16th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

We were out at the barn for about five hours today, and it was a prime day for drawing outdoors. Truly sunny and warm, enough that I think I got a bit of a sunburn. I didn’t do five hours of drawing, sadly, since my pencil eventually got too dull to use. I was productive, though, and did some decent sketches. One of these days I’ll figure out how to draw a horse’s face. That’s still a mystery to me, as you’ll see with some of my interesting results.




137.5/1000 (Ink and graphite on paper)

Chopping Potatoes

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

A relatively quick drawing while she was chopping potatoes for a pot pie. The face is a bit strange, partly because I never get the face quite right and partly because she kept moving.

135/1000 (Pencil on paper)

Value Explorations in Charcoal

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 | Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | 2 Comments

134.5/1000 (Compressed charcoal on paper)

Friend, Grandma & Mules Grazing

Monday, May 11th, 2009 | Abstract, Drawings, Felix, Life-Drawing | No Comments

The first drawing is an attempt to draw a friend of mine. The second is an abstract drawing I drew on my way to the interring of my grandmother who recently passed. The last is a very quick attempt to capture the essence of mules grazing. I don’t consider the sketch a success.



133/1000 (Ink on paper)