Sketch Book Series: Triple Portrait (2009-2012)
At this point in my sketching practice, I was reluctant to draw faces. I concentrated on gestures and positions instead.
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Sketch Book Series: W.C. Pencil Sketch Back Yard 2009
I think this was the first time I used watercolor pencils. I didn’t mix colors nor, does it seem, did I even add water! Watercolor pencils have their own personality and need to be explored on a different basis than watercolor paints.
Brother Mike, Bookends
I’m continuing to process my brother Mike’s* predicament. I visually paraphrased a picture from Mike’s youth to the latest image I captured during a video conference with Mike’s healthcare team. The snake/lifeline/breathing-tube imagery imperfectly divides the two portraits.(See other recent posts for other efforts at visual processing Mike’s condition.) [Note: Apologies – have not yet […]
Santa from a Distance
Rear Window – Pencil Sketch
Continuing with sketching, I stepped out onto the balcony in our new ‘digs’. Instead of paying attention to artistic considerations (such as tonal values, and interesting geometric contrasts), I concentrated on documenting the scene before me. Important spatial relationships, of course, had to be correct (or close to correct) in order to reproduce a recognizable […]
Shuttered
Getting Back to Sketching – At Home
Time to get back to sketching… Haven’t done anything for several months, while we relocated to LA. It might take me some time to get up to speed.
Street Photography: Speechless
LA Dog
Posters on Broadway, City of Los Angeles
There’s a lot of plywood along Broadway. Someone told me it’s there because of possible protests.
