Blue Hole
Today the sky was totally blue. Not a cloud in sight. The picture below is from several days ago. I have fond memories of clouds, which, if predictions are correct, should be abundant next week.
Category Archives: Personal Stories
Man Looking Very Closely at the Table
The subject of this portrait is the same man that I had to use shading to correct. I made certain that I accurately portrayed the proximity of the man’s nose to the table. I think this person may have been reading, but I didn’t see any book on the table. I don’t know what he […]
Seated Man and Mistake Rectified by Parallel Lines
I couldn’t draw myself out of the error I made with the tilt of the man’s head, in the drawing below. But I could, with shading. At first I drew the head with the chin jutting out. In fact, it was tucked in. I darkened the line of the correctly-drawn chin, but I had to […]
Layers of Gray
Young Girl in Comfortable Position, Looking at Phone
The posture of this young girl makes for a wonderful sketch composition.
Brain Fog
Hurried Portrait
I knew I didn’t have enough time to draw a proper portrait. I outlined just enough to give a sense of the woman.
At a Red Light in Stormy Weather
Scraggy Tree and Rainbow on Dark Field
Keeping an eye out for oddly-shaped clouds during this time of quickly changing weather prepared me for catching the scene below. Even though the photo is not perfect (it was taken through a car window), it is still a dramatic picture.
Physics Lesson
I overheard some of the conversation between the tutor and the tutee. That plus the mathematical symbols on the paper led me to conclude that I was witnessing a physics lesson. I used the blind drawing technique to draw the contours of the heads. Usually, a complete blind drawing results in some dislocation of body […]
