Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait – Grimace with Unruly Hair
I’m trying different expressions and, in this sketch, more shading.
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Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait with Baseball Cap
The thing about quarantine is, one runs out of things to do. I’ve run out of subjects, so I am concentrating on self portraiture. This one needs a bit of improvement. I hope that you, dear readers, bear with me while I improve my skills. I’ll try to keep things interesting.
Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait with Smile (for a change)
This sketch does not echo my mood, but is instead, an exercise in portraying a facial expression. My mind is on my brother Mike, who is in the hospital.
Quarantine Portrait Series: Mike in Respiratory Distress
My brother Mike is autistic, nonverbal and low functioning. He is in the hospital across the country from me. I think he looks peaceful here, but he was anything but. He continues to struggle with breathing. [Note: I just now talked to his doc in the midst of composing this post.] The hospital found a […]
Quarantine Portrait Series: Mike, Very Stressed
My brother Mike is in the hospital. Even if he was nearby I wouldn’t be able to visit because of the COVID19 quarantine. I’m sure COVID is the reason that they are offering video visits. The only problem with visiting my brother in video mode is that Mike is nonverbal, autistic and low functioning. I […]
Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait, 2nd Iteration
I improved a bit with today’s self portrait. I augmented the pencil sketch with inked lines for shading and definition of edges.
Quarantine Portrait Series: Self Portrait, First Approximation
I’m told that the eyes and the mouth are not right.
Quarantine Portrait Series: Another Hospital Visit with Mike
This is the second day in a row that I saw my brother Mike*. I saw him yesterday, but before that I hadn’t seen him since 2013 at his geriatric group home. Now he’s in hospital on the east coast and I’m on the west coast. Mike is nonverbal, low functioning and autistic. I almost […]
Quarantine Portrait Series: Hospital Visit with Brother Mike
I haven’t seen my older brother Mike since 2013. He lives in a geriatric group home on the east coast and I live on the west coast. Mike is autistic, nonverbal and low functioning. The staff takes good care of him, sending him to the hospital when needed. My younger brother Dave alerted me to […]
