Meditation Series: (9/9) Portrait (2024)

Tomorrow all will be revealed. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (7/9) Portrait (2024)

Another piece of the puzzle. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (5/9) Portrait (2024)

Central facial features. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait From Memory

I’ve done a lot of self portraits from my photos since Covid lockdown of 2020 began.  Today process included sketching the facial features that I remembered from my meticulous observations of self portraits past.

Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait, Profile with Neck

Quarantine has limited my range of subjects to sketch (mostly me).  To compensate, I have been sketching photos of myself, taken from different vantage points, to try capturing facial features seen from a variety of angles, through shading and attending to relative proportions. I’m sure I can apply the lessons I learn from these exercises […]

Concentrating on the Face

Now and then I hit the nail on the head with a blind drawing. I captured the man’s facial features and hairline in the right proportions and orientation (which is not always guaranteed when one draws without looking at the drawing surface).