Catch and Release

This is a sketch I have done in watercolor pencils.  It is a catch and release of a nice big Trout.  You color in your basic tones with the pencil and then use a watercolor brush to blend it in and then you can add more colors to make it better and add depth.

Nude Back Twist Sketch

I sketched this in pencil as another exercise of practice and observation.  Just more practice towards 10,000 hours.

Block man sketch

Block man sketch in pencil.. This is the way to simplify a body and get the basics down on paper.

Cardinal Card

I did this Cardinal as a Get Well card for a co-worker's wife.  She is from Indiana and Cardinals are the state bird, so I did this male bird in clored pencils.

Skully Profile

Long day at the Day job, quick sketch for the night fun!

Cast Foot study

This is a pencil study of a foot cast.  I have been working late so not as much time spend on this as I should have but it is an okay practice piece.

Hand sketch

Happy Monday!  Hand pencil sketch for tonight's posting.

Shadow Sphere studies

I have been cycling through various skill sets for improvement.  I have been focusing on the monochromatic work with charcoal and graphite pencils.  These are the skills needed to improve all skills in drawing and painting.  These are pencil graphite studies of spheres with different overhead lighting and background darkness.

Woman Head Sketch

I worked on this sketch today after the weekend running of the errands.  Hopefully I will paint a little tomorrow.  This is done with Graphite.

Happy Friday

An odd experiment in perspective, I did this from an art book and I don't think it works or represents the concept.  It was easy but not real productive.  I might have missed something on this but I am done for tonight.  Tomorrow will be better.

Women's back sketch

Tonight's post, a simple pencil sketch from a photo.  I used a stump to blur the edges to make the muscles and definitions of the curves.

Male Torso Back

This is a graphite drawing of a Charles Barque lithographs from the 19th century.  These were used to train artists in form and shadows.  So I am tracking on skill developing in an old style.

Kneeling Man in charcoal

Tonight's practice is a kneeling man in charcoal and white chalk done on tan paper.  More tomorrow practice, practice, practice.

Downward Face sketch

Not all work is as successful as one would like.  This is an okay copy of a sketch but I was not completely happy with it.  It is necessary to make many attempts and trys at a task before one has a big breakthrough and something which is closer to what one wants.  Everything is progress even when it does not seem to be.

Head profile sketch

More practice with a Conte crayon, this is a profile sketch and a small nose study.

Fabric Fold study

This is a colored pencil study of folds in clothing.  This is a copy of a Degas study of a long dress or toga like clothing.  So Happy Friday, I am still working towards mastery and ever little piece is a step towards it.

Charcoal sketch Women's Head

So, I am back from a long run of work and stuff.  I have been missing my artwork.  This is a sketch done in charcoal.  I have been needing to get some more drawing time, so I have started with this one.