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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Cactus Flowers After Midnight
I was taking the dogs out for their last run of the day when I found these flowers poking over the wall.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Pastel Sketch of a Masked Woman
A pastel sketch from life drawing at Sketchy Doodle yesterday.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Shrinky Dinks
I had these things called Shrinky Dinks when I was a kid.  I recently found the old kit for making them, so I did a few creature sketches based on my favorite Shrinky Dink drawing templates.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Ballerina Gestures
A composite of sketches from life drawing today.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Skulls and Skeletons
This week sketching has been all about the bones.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Draw Them Bones
Today at the Sketchy Doodle drawing session we had a full-size skeleton model sitting in a plush chair.  I could probably draw this guy every single week and not get bored.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Life Drawing with Pastels
From life drawing today, a long pose (two hours minus breaks) done in pastels.  The model was actually wearing a bikini but I decided to skip it.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Will there be a snake?
Another snippet from "The Off Season", a painting that I've been working on in the background.  Yes, there will be a snake.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Starting
I haven't posted a new painting in awhile, so I wanted to show a little bit of a painting that I've been working on intermittently, between other projects.  It started several months ago with this very rough sketch.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Madam C
Today we were most fortunate to have "Madam C" as our life-drawing model.  Now how many models do you know who bring their own sword.  Too cool.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Sketchcrawl #28
We had a group of people at the Heard Museum for Sketchcrawl #28 today.  If you need ideas for creatures or monsters, the museum's Indian art gallery is definitely the place to go.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Wacom Figure Sketches
I've been practicing figure sketching this week using the Wacom tablet and poses from Posmaniacs.  Up until now all of my figure drawing has been on paper, and there's definitely an adjustment to be made when using the stylus.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Life Drawing - Female Nude
They had a great life-drawing model last night at the Scottsdale Art School.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Life Drawing - Male Model
I was slow today and kept running out of time to draw the poses. Did a few touch-ups on this after the session was over.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Model Appreciation Day
Today we were reminded to appreciate our life-drawing models because the model didn't show up and we had to do the poses ourselves.  The group was great about it though.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Lost Leaf
A few sketches from last night at The Lost Leaf Gallery and Bar.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Twenty Six Minutes
For the first time today at Sketchy Doodle we started with a set of 2-minute warm-up sketches.  Some people loved them, others were slightly traumatized.  I'm thinking they're probably a good idea. Twenty minute sketch...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Female Nude Life Drawing
From life drawing tonight, compressed charcoal on newsprint.  My fifth attempt in a four hour session.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Snakes
Another crayon doodle from the Drink and Draw.  I do like a good pile of snakes.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Drink and Draw
We had our first ever drink and draw at Sketchy Doodle tonight.  No model, just drawing from imagination while having some good food, spirits, and conversation.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
No Cavities
Guess where I was today.  In case of confusion, this is not a self portrait. Another sketch from a book in the waiting room.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Camy's Yard
I wanted to end the day on a better note, so I decided to go back to something more familiar.  While sketching this, my niece walked over and sat down to draw with her own pencil and paper.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Life Drawing Sketches
More life drawing sketches from Sketchy Doodle today.  This model came up with her own poses, which for me is fantastic.  It lets me focus more on the drawing and less on the organizing.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Life Drawing Sketches
Sketches from life drawing today at Sketchy Doodle.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Thirteen Sunflowers
Bought this painting from a local artist named Gilead.  It's pretty big, about 4.5'x3', and heavy too.
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