Archive for November, 2008
I did not intend to do this portrait quickly, but my pencil broke just ten minutes into it. Obviously, that alone is not a big deal, but I had been frustrated by a variety of other things on the day I was doing this sketch, so that was just one more thing. I did not [...]
Looking through the past few posts, it’s pretty clear that my blog has taken a heavy art focus at this time. I have also queued posts for noon (Pacific) through Tuesday, each day looking at a different page in my sketch book. I do not intend to make this blog art-only, but I thought this [...]
Here’s the fourth entry in my sketch book, and it is the first that is not a portrait. I wanted to take a break from the portraits and try something different, so I drew this scene based on an episode of Smallville, a TV show about Superman as a young adult.
This was the first sketch I actually did in my sketch book (done 14Oct08); this is loosely based on a sample sketch in the old portrait book I previously mentioned. I used a 2B and a 6B pencil. The pencils combined with the recycled paper that the sketch book is made of are the main [...]
My thanks to all veterans who have answered the call of duty to serve this great country, fighting for freedom and making sacrifices large and small. Thank you, truly.
