A sculptor's hand

An isolation piece. I spent a bit of time on the hand, something I have to pay more attention to. Not much to say on this one. Just a study.

It's been a whole year

So, Happy Anniversary to my little blog. We'll leave it at that for today.

Another head study

Jeff has a great face for drawing and painting. Probably why I have so many head studies of him as well as having done a couple of paintings with him as the subject. I'm happy with the technique I employed for this one. Broad strokes and impressionistic rendering with lost edges make this a bit fresher than others.

Landscape

The abstract nature of the back, when rendered without the familiar outlines one associates with the figure, can sometimes remind a person of something other than the human form.

Two fer one

I had this drawn (completely wrong) in charcoal, erased and drew over it in conté.  Not sure why it worked better the second time but it did.  Not real pleased with it but it certainly is an upgrade over the first one.

Jeffsture drawings

Thanks, Jeff. I know you would rather have been drawing but we appreciate you stepping in at the last minute.

Last of the session

Last pose. Very dramatic and one I wish I had a lot longer to work with. Instead I chose to render this very roughly and more like a pencil study. I like it though.