Mckinley (pic & sketch)

Along my many work related travels i've met plenty of interesting ladies. McKinley is one of those. Therefor i borrowed one of her self photos to create my own sketch.

Nudes at rest

i had the opportunity to while on vacation to look at some of the nude sketches that i had given Cara. They were hung up throughout her bedroom and bathroom. For once i actually thought that those sketches looked surprisingly good. Granted i sketch from time to time some weeks i draw more nudes than others. I never thought of i should get my act together and have a show full of nudes. That idea has been suggested i guess if i actually do some noteworthy sketches then i will give it more and more thought.

practice.

i actually hate this sketch, that's a large part of the reason why i posted it. i attempted to save it by going for a different shade and brand of color pencil. Yet that still wasn't good enough to bring this drawing around. :(

Norfolk Drawing Group # 82

This is yet another day that for some odd reason i couldn't tear myself away from work on time. Actually i know why i couldn't it's because we were suppose to get a district LP visit and my things needed to be in order. Still i managed to make it out there in time for 3 poses. Nothings to grand about any of them and the 1st sketch in oil pastels shows how rusty i am with that medium. If anything is a throw away drawing it's that one. I plan to go back and tweak it a little with spirit oil. After that the 1st one things seems to come a little easier and easier. Even the dreaded reclining pose that most people hate went without any true stumbling blocks. Just for good measure to show that i still can draw in color pencils i did a quick sketch.

Norfolk Drawing Group # 81

This night was a host to a male model. Generally the group as a whole doesn't like male models because they become to general. The basic male body type is the same as very boxy in comparison to females bodies. However this evening this model was a little better than the rest. i wish i could've came with enough time to create some more meaning sketches that i could be proud of. But maybe next time around.

What's new for me in '11

Everyone has something cool or interesting that they claim they'll do but don't. My New Year's Resolution is more catered to what i want to work on.

1. Dedicate/rededicate myself to being an artist. I play so much with the concept of "i'm an artist" This year i plan not only to have a show but to also draw for 1 hour everyday. That's very hard for me to do and attempt to believe that i can focus on that but that's my goal. if i don't take myself seriously as an artistic who else will.
2. Become more available for my friends. I'm a hermit individual by nature. i love being alone and i have no problems at all telling people: tonight doesn't work for me. By doing so i've pushed some of those who are closest to me away. There are sometimes people understand while other's people just think i'm being selfish. I never set out to hurt anyone on purpose. That isn't my goal, however my goal is to reset myself emotionally. Of all things this will probably being one of the most challenging.
3. stop being timid. I've spent most of my life being afraid of the what if scenario. I cower and panic when i should be running forward with confidence. So it stops here and now. i've told myself for so long that i have nothing else to loss because i loss everything, so why am i not living that way?

Happiness is Playing Outside (pic & sketch)

It's been a very broken record for me that December is not my favorite month. Everyone is either gathering gifts for Christmas, excited for Christmas or just counting down the day until this all is over. I was a little more of that latter. Work hasn't been the idea happy place it should be this time of the year. The company decided to add extra hours onto an even longer work day and push promotion after promotion to keep the store full of customers. I'm not questioning the marketing strategy just the idea that it burns people out. So even in reflection now i was burnt out even a week after Thanksgiving. As i took a 2ND look at this sketch i thought about the concept of all my friends and family that actually didn't have to work with John Q Public this holidays. The people that actually got a chance to enjoy their vacations/breaks from life. I'm very envious and hopefully soon i'll be able to join them.

The things i like about her, she doesn't (pic & sketch)

I was fiddling around on Facebook and i found a friends comment interesting. She said "she wished she could blink herself skinny." Normally that idea wouldn't bother me at all, because we all have flaws that only we see. Either our bodies are to hairy, calves are to skinny, hair to short/long, or other thoughts that are even worst. I wanted to make a comment that would shake or slap reality into her. She is a curvaceous women but i doubt she realizes that plenty of guys like her body just the way it is. Flaws in your body are only flaws if you allow them to be instead they should be your strengths.

Joeanna (pic & sketch)

I follow various art blogs for creative impersation and ideas. Joeanna is one of those blogs that i enjoy looking at because she's artistically free. When i say free i mean she has not just 1 style of drawing or creating but multiple ones. I find it amusing to read her blog, look at her photos and watch her videos. She helps remind me that i need to become more open as a artist.

so in my vow to draw/paint for 1 hour everyday this year i created this.

Norfolk Drawing Group # 80; Rebirth

it's a new year and i promised myself that i would focus more of being a serious artist this year. Being in a grumpy slump of a mood i've been avoid drawing with the group. Granted they could've brought me out of my funk but something always seemed to be going on. Either i had guest coming in town, i was closing that night or i was sick. Those thoughts compiled with the idea of work doesn't make the best formula for drawing.

With a little guidance and the harping echoes of friends telling me "i better go to drawing" i made my way out this past Tues. i actually had a fair amount of time to construct a drawing on painting night.

Norfolk drawing Group # 79

I've been lazy posting my drawing from the sketch group. However i liked the 1st sketch better than the 2nd one. Myave i should go back and tweak it a little