Head Sketch #21

A Head Sketch of a 10 year old boy done with pencil.

Head Sketch #20

Head Sketch # 20, this is another pencil sketch, this time of a fireman. I don't remember were I got the photo, but I know it was an uncle of one of James's friends.  It was posted to Facebook and I pulled it because it was a great photo.

Red-legged Honeycreeper

A change of pace for this evening, I ink brushed this Red-legged Honeycreeper.  I used makers to get the colors in on this crazy bird.

Head Sketch #19

Part of the 50 this is sketch #19.  This is Cheyenne Indian Chief Yellow Bear from the 1880s.  This is done with pencils with leads H to 8B, i.e. light to dark.

Head Sketch #18

Number 18 Head Sketch of Chief Red Cloud of the Sioux tribe from the 1880s.

Head Sketch #17

This is the a sketch of Crow Indian Warrior, Curley.  He had been one of General Custer's scouts.  Custer should have listened to him and not charged ahead at Little Big Horn.

Head Sketch # 16

This is a sketch of a Cheyenne Indian Girl from 1880.   It is based off a picture of her when she was 8.  I did this in pencil on white paper.

Head Sketch # 15

This is an another of the Head Sketches.  This is a sketch of a French Foreign Legionnaire from the 1950s in Vietnam.  I have been working on the head sketches as a way to improve my overall drawing skills which will help on the painting skills.  Painting is drawing with a brush and it all is hand-eye coordination.

Head Sketch # 14

I have returned to the Head Sketch practice.  This is in pencil and it is another of the Korean War soldiers.

Regal Sunbird

This is an ink drawing, but the bird is really more interesting.  The best way to describe this bird is an African Hummingbird.  He is a Regal Sunbird, they are not related to the Hummingbirds of the Americas.  Nature can track animals into similar looks and behaviors while the species are separated by continents.

Malayan Banded Pitta

This is the Sunday work, an ink brush drawing with markers colors of a Malayan Banded Pitta bird.

Lilac-breasted Roller

Happy Saturday, I worked on some ink brush stuff today.  This is a Lilac-breated Roller, a bird of Africa and Asia.  I did this with an ink brush and markers.

Head Sketch # 13

More of the head sketch and soldier series.  This is a pencil sketch of a Korean War US Marine.

Head Sketch # 12

This is # 12 in the series of head sketches.  This is pencil sketch of Tech Sgt. White from the Korean War.