Cessna 195 sketch

Cessna 195 sketch

Charcoal on newsprint

An old post-WW-2 classic. I love radial engines.

Cessna 180 sketch

Cessna 180 sketch

Charcoal on newsprint

Bede BD-5 sketch

Bede BD-5 sketch

Charcoal on newsprint

The BD-5 was an exciting new design idea in the early 1970's -- a personal airplane that would be fast and affordable.

Lockheed Constellation

Lockheed Constellation sketch

Charcoal on newsprint

This plane was one of the most beautiful airliners ever built.

Head drawing 02-07-08

Head drawing

Charcoal on newsprint

This was done in a drawing class.

Head sketch 2-6-08

Head sketch

Charcoal on newsprint

Head study 02-05-08

Charcoal on newsprint

A practice drawing from a photograph.

Still more head inventions

Still more head inventions.

Charcoal on newsprint

Even one with hair. Sort of.

More head inventions

Head inventions

Head inventions

Charcoal on newsprint

Another training exercise is to draw invented heads. As you can see, there is a sameness to their appearance. They are more organic and natural looking than "planes of the head" studies. The purpose is to become very familiar with average, ideal features placed in a well-constructed head. Developing a variety of "characters" or types is not the idea here -- just practice drawing idealized heads. My instructor once recommended that we draw invented heads "by the thousands". Why are they bald? Because the focus is on construction and features. Imagining various hair styles for these heads would take time and attention away from the basic focus -- the head itself.