Sketches from my Miami vacation

Posted by on Jan 16, 2013 in Animals, figure drawing, journaling, portraits, Sketches | No Comments

Just returned from Miami. Here are some on location sketches I did of people at the airport, zoo animals, and my dog. Also, hidden in there is a portrait of Christopher Walken I drew from the in-flight magazine. One thing I’ve realized though is that in some ways it’s harder to draw people than animals ...

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White pen review

Posted by on Dec 21, 2012 in Animals, Product Review, Sketches | No Comments

Bought a new small sketchbook for drawing on location last week (Strathmore Toned Tan). As a result of the toned paper, I bought a couple of white pens for fun (I actually have white chalk / pastel but don’t like how it smudges). Here’s my super quick evaluation of the three white pens I bought. ...

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American Museum of Natural History sketches

Posted by on Feb 19, 2012 in Animals, Sketches | No Comments

Over the Christmas break, I spent a lot of time at the Miami Metrozoo sketching animals. All the books about animal drawing I’ve read say it’s very important to go to the zoos and draw from life, but the more I thought about it the more it didn’t make sense to me. Animals, unlike humans, ...

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Sketchbook Project at Arthouse co-op

Posted by on Jan 29, 2012 in Animals, journaling, watercolors | No Comments

I am about to send out my submission to the sketchbook project. The sketchbook tour will start April 2012, but in the meantime here are some of the sketches I did. I focused on drawing architecture because it’s not my strong point (and there are also some animal sketches). The tricky thing about architecture is ...

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Lion sketches

Posted by on Jul 29, 2011 in Animals, Sketches | No Comments

Here are some “studies” I did of lions for the piece I posted last week. While I was looking online for reference material, I came across this charity in Florida, Big Cat Rescue, with two awesome YouTube channels which were very helpful in getting interesting cat poses. The first channel has educational videos and such. ...

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Drawing classes

Posted by on Jul 2, 2011 in Animals, portraits, watercolors | No Comments

So this summer I ‘ve enrolled in a couple of drawing classes. I’m taking a portraiture class. I’m fairly happy with the woman’s portrait, less so with the man’s portrait. Either way, the two portraits lack “the essence of the person” if I can go a little metaphysical for a moment. I’m also taking a ...

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