Mistaken 2 toned

I'm a wrestling fan but this imagine stared off as just a full body sketch. Randy Orton, the wrestlers body is well defined. I enjoy drawing the muscle structure of a model that doesn't feel like a rollie pollie. The question for myself became not if i can draw him, but can i add the detail to his muscles.
The sad part is that i was using prisma color pencils and as what tends to happen often my pencils wear down to a nub. I thought i was using the same exact color due to the lighting of the place i was drawing in. Once i got home i saw that it was a shade off, but by that time the drawing was done and over with. The two tone drawing would've been nice if done properly.

Norfolk Drawing Group #72

The sum of 2 back to back days off is Tues night drawing group. Regardless of the gray clouds that blocked out any hope of sunshine i managed to be productive on my days off. i ran errands, got art supplies even wrote a letter or 2 to my friends. But as the evening approached i knew that the drawing group was lingering. Honestly i had an unbelievable time. We had a male model, which in the drawing group is a no no because most people find the male body boring. Most men have hard edges , discipline muscle structure and the absence of subtle lines. However this evening we had a full figured man, which large stomach and all. As i stared at other artist around us i became amazed by the collection of great artist. The body of work was well above normal.

If i had to give myself a grade i would say C+. I somewhat captured the model but left out the details that i know existed.

Norfolk Drawing Group #71: i actually had $10 this week

It's sad how easy it is to create and come up with excuses week after week. I haven't been out to drawing with my fellow artist for some time. But things week after week coming up. Either i had to close and got out of work to late, my friends had friends in town, my friend was going out of town, my head hurts or the most important I'M BROKE were all reasons for me to miss the group for over 2 months. As the prodigal son they welcomed me back with open arms. I never truly realized how much i was a part of the group until i wasn't going. Whether it was a good sketch or bad sketch, or a good one but looked nothing at all like the model, i still have a good time laying all out there.

Valerie (pic & sketch)

Valerie is a friend of one of my co-workers Jen. I never thought i would utter the words that Jersey girls are crazy but these 2 live up to the image of that. These girls are longs of fun together. They deserve there own tv show.
I wanted to do a faint sketch like drawing, nothing major with this photo. Being aware that she has plenty of curly hair if it wasn't done close to perfect as possible it the image may not have registered well. So instead i focused on her face and bring that part of the drawing to life.

Rainy Sidewalks

I have countless unfinished draws and this is one of Shawn, i found while i was getting ready to do my art show at Western Branch. I realized that i didn't finish it because there were some elements that i thought i should add but i didn't. This past Saturday while i was off from work i began to work on it. I felt the timing was right for it to be complete. I idea of borrowing this image first popped into my head after my February trip Texas. I wanted to show the gritty emotion and raw feelings that i was feeling was bottled upside. Without giving away to much of the story i had put myself in an interesting position.

The creation of this piece is a combination of what i watched another artist do and a little bit of my own work. My friend, Devon had sent me a link of a girl who had slung paint on a piece of paper and then began to create her image around it. I liked it so why not try it as well. I slung paint then begin to allow the colors to find the image. Around the time i was creating it, i was talk to Cara and she was talking about the weather and walking on rainy sidewalks. I thought about how perfectly things shine when the weather is raining, especially sidewalks. I was going to take a picture of one as it rained but the image was more important to me.

I found a interesting quote to sum up my thoughts about Shawn. "Punished is not the man himself, but the evil that resides in him." - Samurai Executioner

Cultural Art Day '10

It's no mystery that i like exhibiting my talents but still i have not been in any major type of shows in some time. I've say that for another blog. But this past Friday i was able to do something that i enjoy doing and that's getting others motivated about art. I brought a modest amount of artwork because i have countless other pieces that i could've shown but didn't. Also normally i would've brought more cartoon related pieced but i didn't do that as well. That can be chalked up to spreading myself to thin over the past could of days after my vacation. My art time was limited but i always have plenty to show.
I spent a better part of today talking to kids about art and getting them to draw there fellow classmates. Every once in a while i saw some light bulbs go off which made this well worth the effort. It's something positive about giving back to that shows me that i still have a greater purpose. It gives me hope that the path that i'm on isn't the end all, be all. I still have my dream!