what:prismacolor graphite 2H & Ebony when:Apr 1, 2012
Was up late and couldn’t sleep so I doodled a bit and this is what came out; two imaginary ladies and a poke at Rick Santorum. Doesn’t look a thing like him, of course, but there — whoever he is — is.
what:nib pen when:Mar 30, 2012
Yet another stab at a political cartoon using a nib pen and ink brush.
what:ink when:Mar 28, 2012
I whipped out a quick ink drawing of my wedding with Kelly. Kinda having fun with these new pens and brushes…
what:ink when:Mar 28, 2012
All of my ink work so far has been exclusively in pen…until tonight. I actually went out and got some india ink and a quill pen with a set of nibs to try my hand at what they call “real inking.” This is my first shot at it, so I thought I’d toss it up for posterity.
what:graphite when:Mar 26, 2012
Just cranking out a little practice…trying to invent poses so I can get the whole body in to practice on proportion and foreshadowing, hands and feet.
A quick and dirty political cartoon stab.
Yet, another political cartoon attempt. I was so out of it, I picked up the wrong pen halfway through and finished it without even realizing it. Brilliant! You might have to click on it to enlarge it in order to get it.
I’ve been really struggling with hands and feet since I started back up with this whole drawing thing. So I’ve been challenging myself by drawing lots of hands in goofy positions, looking for, and drawing people with interesting hand positions, and drawing in ink.
Ink forces the issue, unlike pencil which I can simply erase and try again. These are a coupla random scribblings I did tonight, with a focus on hands, and I really, really want the deft confidence ink instills. It looks like I’m quite a ways off as these scribblings illustrate (pun intended) but I would be disingenuous if I hid my failings. Besides, I want an archive of these things, good or bad, over time, so I can evaluate my progress and adjust my attention accordingly, especially if I’m gonna take this drawing stuff seriously.
Random Scribbling 001
Random Scribbling 002
what:primsacolor when:Mar 23, 2012
I’ve only done one other prismacolor portrait in color, and that was back in high school. I have no idea what got into me to do this…I guess we all grieve in different ways.
I hope these people won’t get sore at me trying to draw them..
what:pen when:Mar 22, 2012
I’m just punching in random celebrity photographs into google images and drawing what pops out.
Michael Wood 