Drawing 120226
I tried to plan ahead for the best situation on these. Trying to choose the angle that suits the subject and some sort of composition. And the lighting. And then I finished that and moved to another side of the room where I thought the angle was totally impossible. And I got a much better [...]
Drawing 111030
Today was really hard. I could not get in a good mental state for quality drawing. I finally just tried to embrace the ugliness that was going onto the page.
Sketchbook #2
Yep. It has been a year+ since I posted about my first sketchbook… the point being to put something on the page each day. I should have finished several since then. But at least I have been doing a lot more drawing beyond this 5×7 format. And I am ready to move on to the third [...]
Drawing 110531
This isn’t lifedrawing. It’s not from a live model. I’m in between live model opportunities. But I actually sat down and drew this last night, all on my own. That sounds silly. But most of the drawing I’ve done over the last year has been during a get together of some kind. So although this [...]
Lifedrawing 110220
I was able to focus more today and not jump from page to page. I did two pages but I am only showing one here… it is the one I spent more time on. Next time I would like to get the emotion back, which maybe I am lacking here because I did not rush [...]
Lifedrawing 110213
My drawing session from today… I’m not showing everything I drew. Perhaps once I gain more confidence I will bare all. The view from behind the model. This was done during the peak of my frustration today. Screw the proper way to shade and just scribble everywhere. Get the anger out. Pastels used to be [...]
Our Portland Story
Since the fall of 2008 my friend Melissa has spent a lot of time gathering stories about this awesome city and has worked with designers to make the stories come to life visually. She put all this work into a book called Our Portland Story. Last night, Our Portland Story had it’s second coming out [...]