Ivan Denisovich. This watercolor went pretty quickly and I think I could spend some more time on it now that I am looking at it on the screen. I like it, but I'm not sure if I shouldn't go back in on it and turn the volume up to 11.

Dueling Images

So this is my problem. I start off drawing books with the full intention of treating them loosely; I do a couple of things that I really like and all of a sudden I tighten up for as long as the book lasts. In this spread, for example, the two images do not relate at all. We have a head and a wrapped cross (for Lent). Contrast that with the elderly gentleman and the slightly more elderly dinosaur. I had the drawing of the man and I also wanted to do a dinosaur. So I made them go together.

Underlight

This is of a friend/friend's wife. The sun was shining through the window and reflecting off the pew in front of her; that's where the underlighting is coming from. I was very happy with this drawing - especially as it was done during Sunday school!

Double Portrait

These don't really go together, but I like the way they seem to have some kind of quasi-relationship on the page, especially with the stark white background and the way the deer's neck lines up with the woman's collar.

More Sneaky Portraits

So I don't normally show these drawings to the folks I draw. The few times I have shown them to the people I have drawn, they have been either totally nonplussed or outright upset that I would draw them. So, as I have almost no fear that these will be seen by any of the "models" (because very few people actually see this site), I post here freely.

More observations

A graduate and a crab claw. You have to get the colors down quick for crabs. After they die and/or dry out, the colors fade fast.

Another Church Drawing

Another Sunday, another unsuspecting portrait model.

Church Drawing

Here's another drawing of a person at church. She sat very still for me which was great. I'm quite fond of how the hair turned out.

Moleskines galore

In addition to a sneaky profile, here is evidence of my love of crawdads and bugs.

Moleskine 7

Here are some more pages from the drawing book. A reworking of that Triceratops (watercolor pencils, I'm finding, are excellent), and some still life and another profile done on the sly.

Faculty Meeting 2

So I decided to bring my tablet to the meeting. Why not? It's unobtrusive and still helps me listen and not mentally wander into space.