Hopi girl

This is a pencil drawing of a Hopi girl.  The picture was in the Hopi book I have and this is a quick sketch for fun, enjoyment, and skills improvement.  This sketch resides in one of my sketchbooks.   I have about 30 in various stages of completion.  Some are themed and some are just the general everyday sketches (mostly everyday).  She is in my native american sketchbook which is about 1/4 full.  Sketchbooks are a capture tool for ideas, experiments, and general creative fun.

Hopi Baby

This is a pencil drawing of a Hopi Baby strapped down in a cradle from a Hopi book I have picked up. I loved the juxtapose of the baby with the red accents in the cradle hood and the blanket.  It was a fun little challendge and I enjoyed the results.  So now you can enjoy the results.

Julia's Smirk

This is a white charcoal, charcoal, and pencil of my niece Julia.  She kept smirking so I decided to capture it.  She is a pretty lively personality so a smirk fits.

Sophia

This is another version of Sophia, my niece, but done in pencil.

Sophia

So this is is a black charcoal, white chalk, and pencil.  I have been working on these type of portraits for awhile and this is part of the ones which are starting to be good enough to make the cut to be in the blog. 

Faces

Practice eyes, lips, mouth and chins.  Sort of a strange mix of quick sketches, this all leads to actual faces or portraits.  I will post some full faces tomorrow.

Practice, Practice, Practice

More heads from Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing.  These sketches relax me and get me in a better mood.  I think the process is to observe and capture the planes of the face.  The upper right nose and eye sketch is a face with the planes developed more realistically.