A journey in Drawing

From beginning to never ending. A collection of hundreds of drawings done with charcoal on 18x24 newsprint. It's meant to be a realistic view on what it takes to improve, and hopefully an inspiration for anybody that thinks maybe they don't have the skills. Deliberate practice and effort will get you further than any amount of talent. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-41071452-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

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3-hour pose 06-13-14 

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Warming up for life drawing tomorrow. Photo ref

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Some 20 minute layins throughout 2011-2012

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Drawing from life with some tracings looking for the anatomy underneath.

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Some old 3 and 5-minute quicksketches. 

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A recent 1.5-hour figure drawing focusing on the layin and shadow mapping. 

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Three quicksketch pages from 2011, and some of my first from 2010.

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Some 2012 quicksketches.

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Back poses and butts! Some 3-hour figure drawings done throughout 2012.

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A couple from costumed figure drawing. early 2012

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An old 20-minute figure layin, one of my favorites still. Erik Gist drew over it some. 

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Facial feature and some George Bridgman studies. Early 2012.

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Something new. 3-Hour Figure Drawing. 11-08-13

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Some 20-minute Abraham Lincolns. First image was mostly by a teacher. The model is William Peck, he looks exactly like Lincoln.

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Another tracing, emphasizing curves and straights of the overall gesture

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A couple tracings by teachers over my noob drawings. These have have been tremendously helpful, being able to see great drawings in direct comparison to all my mistakes.

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Some more caricatures. And a few ravens...