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Tag Archives: sketching
Man Surrounded By Bags
The shopping bags this cafe denizen kept on his table gave me the opportunity to try my hand at textures.
Sketch of Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape
I thought I could do justice to the photo I took the other day (Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape) with a pencil sketch. The middle ground of the sketch came out the best. I captured the contrast between the white fluffy clouds in front of the gray face of the huge cloud. The gray clouds […]
Girl Waiting for X-ray
I don’t think there were broken bones, she was just resting.
Discussion Group and Laptop
The discussion group that I sketch frequently, gathers around 4 or 5 small tables pushed together. There are too many to draw in one sketch, so I divide them up. The sketch below is the right side of the assembly.
Note to Self – Bring Sketchbook to Work
I am forgetful at times. Although I am glad I can easily get another sketchbook, I am more worried about the chronological order of the drawings in each book. Thus the note.
Girl with Long Legs and Standing Girl
Some blind drawings are blinder than others.
Grumpy Man and Woman
Blind drawing relies on the hand guiding the pen to negotiate detailed facial contours.
Man with Cool Hat Waiting for Eye Doctor
When there are interesting looking characters around, I draw as many of them as I can. My latest style of blind drawing allows me to draw quickly. I have been thinking of applying these ‘visual notes’ to a more deliberate mode of rendering. Perhaps this is a way back to painting. As with most of […]
In Line (Drawn Totally Blind)
I was looking directly at the customers in line as I drew them. But the line was moving so fast that I ended up completing one figure with the body parts of another. That is, when a person moved up in line to the cashier and another took his place, I finished the first figure […]
