Sunday, October 31, 2021

Quiet Sunday Morning

 That's the name of the sketch, not when I did it.


I finished this one over the course of three or four sessions...I wanted to attempt something with a lot details and fiddly bits. Trying to do longer and more complicated pieces and still keep the freedom on the line.

9,896 to go.



Sunday, October 24, 2021

Exercise 10.24.21

So,I tried a different art exercise book tonight -- this one is all about figure drawing. Don't know why I put it down...anyway, here's tonight's face:


That was freehand, but the book has lots of guideline templates to get you started,like this (also from tonight):


Here's a bunch of earlier sketches from this section of the book:









9,897

Friday, October 22, 2021

Exercise 10.22.21

I have a couple a books of art exercises, a one-a-day kind of thing. I am relatively consistent with them, but I am often not sure of the point. Here's today's:


I mean, it's fun and all, and I guess it inspires creativity in a general way, but it's not really practicing technique... and that's what I need (want?) most. (Check this out, towards the end.)

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Diner

 Just another practice sketch... trying scenes with multiple elements


9,899

Bonus Postcard Project #1

 Even though the office Postcard Project is over, I decided to continue with some folks who weren't on the original list.

Monday 10.18 a pinky swear to Jackie and Jeff



Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Meditation Well

In my continuing efforts to draw every day and break though the inner critic so I can improve, here's another quick non-judgemental sketch to keep the juice flowing.


9,000-odd to go

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Blogging POV

So, the initial phase of the Postcard Project is completed - all those who sent me their snail mail addresses when I asked have received a card and all the cards have been posted here. There's still several postcards left in the pack and I still have a few postcard stamps, so there will likely be a few one-offs in the future. We shall see.

In the meantime, I am continuing to try to Do Art more regularly. Here's today's effort - I was inspired to try to recreate the point of view I so often had ten or fifteen years ago when I was blogging regularly.

As I went sketching merrily along, I tried to experiment with some perspective and with controlling the line weight using my Copic 110 marker brush. Not terribly happy with either.

Postcard Project #22

 Thursday 10.07 23 hot dog toppings to Jennifer



Backstory here

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