Archive for the ‘Portraits’ Category

January 12, 2018 0

Morning Faces, and off to the Races!

By in brush pen, heads, pencil, Portraits

Eleanor Wachtel and Princess Di. What the hey! I don’t know who the guys are.

January 10, 2018 0

Childhood Friends and a Cryptic Motto

By in color, digital, heads, Portraits, sketches

October 7, 2017 0

Sketchbook People

By in heads, pencil, Portraits, sketches

  People in the real world fly by, and it’s hard to catch them. So one uses imagination, and skills gained by practice to capture them. Then there’s drawing from a photograph, which is basically analyzing shapes, and not that creative for me. Still, it produces a convincing result, and I learn something in the […]

August 1, 2017 0

By in black and white, color, heads, horses, men, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

This is sort of a test, in that I’m trying to post something via photos I took with the iPad. Sadly, there are a few things I haven’t figured out, but this is good enough for the time being.

April 20, 2017 0

Star Wars-ian Portraits

By in black and white, Gouache, heads, pen and ink, pencil, Portraits, sketches, women

Of characters whose names all begin with “L,” apparently.

March 19, 2017 1

Eden Robinson

By in black and white, pencil, Portraits, sketches, women

Pencil drawing from a photo in the Globe and Mail, done at a friend’s place.

March 2, 2017 0

Pencil Portraits

By in heads, pencil, Portraits, sketches

I’m actually not fond of drawing from photos, because to me it feels too limiting. However, it’s a good way to improve the practice, and see some new aspects of anatomy, rather than simply drawing things which have worked for me before. Here, I’ve been looking at heads as shapes in space, made up of […]

February 22, 2017 0

Small Faces

By in ballpoint pen, black and white, digital, heads, pencil, Portraits

Digital guy based on a scanned-in pencil drawing, and a ballpoint pen Gollum.

February 15, 2017 0

Gouache and Red Pencil People

By in color, Coloured Pencils, Gouache, heads, paintings, pencil, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

January 27, 2017 1

Nora, From Above

By in cats, color, Nora the cat, Portraits, watercolor, watercolour

January 26, 2017 0

Notebook Computer

By in color, Coloured Pencils, digital, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

My little notebook computer is great. But it’s a little silly to use, sometimes, as this guy demonstrates. He’s drawn in melty watercolour pencils and (I didn’t realise it at the time), melty black/purple roller pen. This is a Regency little girl, inspired by Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Of course, the real little girl […]

December 8, 2016 0

Star Wars, etc.

By in black and white, color, heads, paintings, Portraits, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

Posting various sketches I’ve been doing. Mainly to do with the new “Star Wars” movie, which I finally saw, and “Emma” by Jane Austen. Star Wars had some pleasant new characters, but it was basically a rehash of the same old plot. I mean where did they find the time and materials to build a […]

November 16, 2016 0

Nora ye Catte

By in cats, color, digital, Nora the cat, Portraits, sketches

November 10, 2016 0

Two Faces

By in Coloured Pencils, heads, pencil, Portraits, sketches

I guess using the flash on the little camera makes these things look too light.