By the pool...

I went to our pool for the first time the other day and brought along my sketchbook. I wasn't too pleased with what I got but I drew more bodies and hopefully captured SOMETHING. I'll get better, I promise...

This kid was funny. He had goggles that also doubled as a mask which led up to a shark fin on top of his head.

Some people don't know how to dress at the pool... (But they do know how to stroll)

Beardy enthralled with tiny phone behind laptop...

Jonas Brother wanna-be...

Funny kid holding his breath...

Water stretches...



Our complex houses a lot of families that come out during Pilot Season in order to try out for all the new sitcoms. The kids and their show-moms are everywhere and, on this day, took a trip to the pool. All this kid wanted to do was play with his mom but she kept ignoring him and talking on her cell phone. Ah... the life of a child star.

Interesting reading position.

Towel girl...
Also, I thought more about approaching my drawings from a shape point of view and came up with these 2 boring designs. (This is posted strictly for my to look back on and say "what was I thinking!")

I think this one was originally based on a guitar.

My wife has a picture up of a few penguins that her grandpa took while in Antarctica kidnapping penguins for the San Diego Zoo.


These last few are some heads I drew while watching TV. Not sure what they are from but here they are...

Drawings from my recent trip

I just got back from seeing family in Central Florida for the past 2 weeks. It was a great time and I got to see a lot of people I haven't seen in over a year. Also, I was able to bring along my sketchbook and try and capture some more people. First, here are a few drawings I did at the airport. This is something that I need to really work on; finding a good story pose and working it out clearly.

First off, I am pretty confident that this guy was Jacob from LOST. We have been watching that show a lot lately and it looked just like him. Thankfully, he was on standby and didn't make it onto our flight...
Dreads...
This man looked MISERABLE.
So did his wife...

here, I finally remembered to include the body so the pose would read better as a story than just the head. I am pretty happy with it.We also spent a day at Disney World and I got to draw a little there. Here are a few from that day:

smoking section...

This next guy was WAY into his food.
Finally, here is a spread of a bunch of doodles I did while eating. I'm happy with a few of them but I thought I would show the whole page so you could see what a typical sketch page looks like in my book.
Thanks for stopping by!

Leftover Sketches

I have been trying to draw a lot more frequently lately, while watching TV or going out to eat. Here are a few sketches that I drew during some of those times.





What I am seeing here is that I am just focusing on heads. I need to complete the story of the character by incorporating bodies. I don't mean to leave them out, but I guess I am finding the limits of my knowledge when I feel "done" with a drawing when I get to the shoulders. This is something I hope to work on in the future.

Finally, here is a lion from a zoo trip a while ago...

Life Drawing continues from Glen Vilppu's class

Here's a couple of classes worth of drawings that I have done on my Tuesday class with Glen Vilppu. Its good for me to see them all together so I see where I need to grow. Here are the things I see:

1. Proportions
2. Draw some faces and hands...
3. Generally slow down. I rush into the drawing and dont leave enough of a foundation to build on.
4. Make the forms more appealing than my view of the model allows. Figure it out.

(Sorry in advance for the terrible quality of photos here...)
This first set of drawings is from a class with Poseidon. Literally.









These are from today's class.



I'm trying to draw around the forms now. I tend to stick with the outlines with makes things look generally lame and flat. I think I am making some progress here.




Box exercise...
This is a funny story. For this next drawing, I was feeling pretty good about it. It was a 90 minute pose and during one of the last breaks for the model she walked around and peeked at the drawings. When she saw mine, she said "Oh! Its my Avatar body!" Then she laughed...
Some bonus drawings of Brittany while she was watching tv.
Then she fell asleep.
Some old drawings from the zoo.

Saw this girl at the zoo.

That is all, for now.