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Drawing in restaurants
Do you draw pictures in restaurants? I do. I have a sketchbook with me to use if I am alone. I draw while waiting for the food to arrive, usually while having a beer or glass of wine. Or, even … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, Buttermilk Channel, Carroll Gardens, Crayons, Crooners, Dragons, drawing, expressionism, spontaneous
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The Last “Spectral”
I have been filling sketchbooks for more years than I want to admit. Suffice it to say, there is a shelf in my workroom which is 38 inches long with over 40 books in it and another which contains maybe … Continue reading
Using Ball Point
Ball point pens are not just for doodling anymore. That’s the word from the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT, where they have an exhibit of ball point works as part of their currently running “Extreme Drawing” show. Is this news … Continue reading
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Tagged ball point, drawing, fantasy, figurative, Ikeda Tatsuo, pen and ink, weird
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Things I forgot: Premonitions #34
The trouble with turning out a lot of work is that you forget stuff. I just discovered that I forgot a whole sketch book full of work that I did not more than two or three years ago. This book … Continue reading
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Tagged drawing, Edward Gorey, fantasy, figurative, horror, monster, Redon, watercolor
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Life on Mars: Small herd animal
I have been slowly filling a sketch book called “Spectral” for months. This is the latest. I only work on this notebook when I am waiting for or riding on a train or a plane. And, half the time, I … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, beast, drawing, fantasy, pen and ink, watercolor
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Playing around
While I do serious work (that is, when I am doing what I am supposed to be doing), I need distraction. Otherwise, I get fidgety. So, I stop now and then and do something else, like odd little drawings on … Continue reading
Another from “Life on Mars”
No, they haven’t found life on Mars just yet. But, who among us doubts that they will? Of course, they will. It’s is a sure thing. All they need to do is to dig around with one of those robot … Continue reading
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Tagged beast, drawing, Exploration, fantasy, Mars, monster, nature
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Dancer Series #03
This is the third of a series of sketches of one model. I did them a couple of weeks ago now. Needless to say, I had a lot of fun. I only had an hour or so to work and … Continue reading
Dancer Series #02
This is one of nine drawings that I made during a session with a model a week or so ago. It is also the second of the series that I am posting on this blog. As I mentioned, I got … Continue reading
Dancer Series Sketch #01
This is the first of a series of drawings that I am going to post here. They were all done as part of a single sitting. Last week, I spent the large part of the day working with a model, … Continue reading
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Tagged charcoal, conte, drawing, figure drawing, sketch, spontaneous
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