Sketch #4 -- 12/30/08

Sketch #3 -- 12/30/08

Sketch #2 -- 12/30/08

Sketch 12/30/08

Sketch 12/29/08

Sketch 12/28/08

Sketch 12/24/08

Sketch 12/22/08

Another sketchy unfinished sketch, but I kind of like it.

Sketch 12/21/08

A practice drawing.

Charcoal sketch 12/20/08

Parker number umpteen.

Charcoal sketch - 12/19/08

Parker again.

Charcoal sketch 12/17/08

Here's another class drawing, a little sketchier than some of them.

Charcoal sketch - 12/16/08

Here is another example of a school drawing. Charcoal drawing is really painting in black and white. The only difference between drawing and painting is the matter of color, and the process of applying paste with a brush instead of dry pigment. All the other aspects are the same. It makes a lot of sense to go to an advanced, or at least intermediate level in drawing before getting into painting. I think the learning curve is faster. Less frustrating, too.

Charcoal sketch - Parker - 12/15/08

Here's another drawing of Parker, one of our frequent models at CAI.

Charcoal sketch - Posted 12-14-08

This sketch was done several years ago in a figure drawing class at California Art Institute.

Sketch 6-27-08 -- Parker

Sketch 6-27-08 -- Parker
Charcoal

Sketch 6-26-08 -- Little Bird

Sketch 6-22-08 -- Little Bird
Charcoal

Sketch 6-25-08

Sketch 6-25-08
Charcoal

Sketch 6-24-08 -- Parker

Sketch 6-24-08 -- Parker
Charcoal

Sketch 6-22-08

Sketch 6-22-08
Charcoal

Sketch 6-21-08 -- Sharon

Sketch 6-21-08 -- Sharon
Charcoal

Sketch 6-19-08

Sketch 6-19-08
Charcoal

Sketch 6-18-08-- Molly

Sketch 6-18-08 -- Molly

Charcoal

Sketch 6-17-08

Sketch 6-17-08

Charcoal

sketch 6-16-08 -- Hope

Sketch 6-16-08 -- Hope
Charcoal

Sketch 6-15-08

Sketch 6-15-08
Charcoal

Sketch 6-14-08 -- after Loomis

Sketch 6-14-08 -- after Loomis
Charcoal

Sketch 6-13-08 -- Nancy

Sketch 6-13-08 -- Nancy
Charcoal

Sketch 6-12-08

Sketch 6-12-08
Charcoal

Sketch 6-11-08 -- Sharon

Sketch 6-11-08 -- Sharon
Charcoal

Sketch 6-10-08

Sketch 6-10-08

Charcoal

I thought I'd include another invented head, since it was there in my drawing pad. Someday I'll figure out how to invent hair.

Sketch 6-8-08

Sketch 6-8-08 (invented)

Charcoal

Sketch 6-8-08

Sketch 6-8-08
Charcoal

Sketch 6-7-08

Sketch 6-7-08 after Loomis
Charcoal

Sketch 6-6-08

Sketch 6-6-08 after Loomis
Charcoal

Sketch 6-6-08 -- Hope

Sketch 6-6-08 -- Hope

Charcoal

Sketch 6-4-08

Sketch 6-4-08

Charcoal

This woman's head was not on fire. She was wearing feathers in her hair and I didn't have time to finish drawing them. I don't know if her name was Lola.

Sketch 6-3-08

Sketch 6-3-08
Charcoal

Another copy/study of an Andrew Loomis drawing.

Sketch 6-2-08 -- Hope

Sketch 6-2-08 -- Hope
Charcoal

Sketch 6-1-08

Sketch 6-1-08
Charcoal

Sketch 5-31-08

Sketch 5-31-08
Charcoal

Sketch 5-30-08

Sketch 5-30-08

Charcoal

Sketch 5-29-08 -- Jennifer

Sketch 5-29-08 -- Jennifer
Charcoal

Sketch 5-28-08 -- Jennifer

Sketch 5-28-08 -- Jennifer

Charcoal

Sketch 5-27-08 -- Jennifer

Sketch 5-27-08 -- Jennifer
Charcoal

Sketch 5-27-08

Sketch 5-27-08
Charcoal

From life.

Sketch 5-26-08 -- Molly

Sketch 5-26-08 -- Molly
Charcoal

Molly was a frequent model in our drawing classes at California Art Institute in the 1990's. Drawn from life.

Sketch 5-25-08

Sketch 5-25-08
Charcoal

This was a student exercise, copied from another artist.

Head sketch 4-08-08

Head sketch 4-08-08

Charcoal on newsprint

Luscombe sketch

Luscombe sketch
Charcoal on newsprint
The Luscombe Silvaire was a popular light plane in the decade following WWII.