Local Sketch 06.28.11

There are good and bad things about working with a brush pen. The good is the easy strokes and less mess to clean up than traditional brush and ink. The bad is the brush getting heavy with ink sometimes or certain papers suck the ink more than you wish it to.

The Pentel brush pen is best when doing figure drawing but I need to master that ink flow.

Some areas of these drawings are little more heavy with ink than intended. I don't find these to be happy accidents. A challenge indeed.

Local Sketch 06.27.11

Local Sketch 06.25.11

The drawings today were me playing with characters so the model does not look the same in each picture. Only one picture I actually focused on what the model looked like. The others were variations. You don't learn if you don't play. Breaking my own rules on drawing faces had to be done.

Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School (2 year Anniversary) 06.19.2011

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Local Sketch - 6.4.2011

If I knew who the model was going to be today, I would have brought my full set of pastels.

After dragging myself out of bed, I left early enough to get in some gesture drawings. This part seemed to finish quickly unfortunately. I may have to petition for one night of pure gesture drawing. The room was too full of artitsts, so I couldn't hop around the room too much for alternate angles.

I was able to sneak in an iCharcoal drawing with a borrowed iPad. Its definately a learning process using the fingers to draw and not the stylus.

Yesterday, I stocked up on unprimed wood panel that was on clearance for a store moving sale. An artist told me that I needed to prime it first with a clear primer. Great. The intent was to use it raw. I need to stop going to the art store because I have more than enough supplies at home. All except that damn clear primer....