the day after

We had a small group for our Black Hand Group last night.  However, I really got some good drawings out of it.  With my upcoming project uppermost in my mind I'm trying to concentrate on the construction of the figure as opposed to how cool I can make the lines and smears.  I started to put more thought into working out the face and really measure out my proportions and it kept my head in the game more than usual.  As the weeks progress I am anxious to see how this works out in the art.

Thanks again to Amber who always provides us with great poses and inspiration.

it's Thursday Night, I guess that makes it alright...

to paraphrase Prince.  We will meet, draw, break, draw some more, hit Jake's and eat and drink and (hopefully) be merry.  Thursday is the most wonderful time of the week.  Well, it's pretty darn fun to look forward to.

Mid week musings

Middle of the week and I am finally feeling a bit more energized. I'm coming to the end of the cover design for the Billings Studio Theatre and I'll post it when it has been put together. As for the Pin-Up Project, I have my models on board and have pretty much narrowed down the concepts. I'm really looking forward to this endeavor but not so much the selling part. I really have poor skills at selling my own work. I guess I'll have to learn. I expect that my uber-self promotional pal, Russell Walks (http://www.russellwalks.com/), will give me some pointers and lead me through the maze of endless smiles and handshakes that make up the path of the freelance artist.

I have also been told by some of my art-mates that I should put out a book of my sketches. I'm thinking of doing just that. I've had a title in mind since my days in Jersey although it was based more on pen and ink, still...

Well, here's the daily drawing. Enjoy.

Another Fine Tuesday

Do I have anything to say? I do but I don't have the time. Life gets in the way of the things that one deems to be important. A little backwards, ain't it?

Contemplative

That's usually what Mondays are for, right.  To wonder why you have gotten out of bed, drug a razor across your face (or legs, as the case may be), made the the commute to whatever destination holds the end of your leash and started another work week.  But all is not lost, as the weekend holds the promise that joy will return to Mudville if only you can hold on for the next 97 hours.  Good luck, my friends.  And stay thirsty.

It's just a Pleasant Valley Sunday-aaayyy

Just a painting from one of our first Sunday sessions.  This model went on to own a club here, just a little trivia.

Color Saturday

This sketch is from the first modeling session we had with Amber.  We had our model bail on us about an hour before one of our random Sunday long pose sessions and I was in a bind.  Too late to cancel and none of my other models were available, I called Loren Entz and asked if he knew of anyone and he said he would get back to me.  Sure enough, a couple of minutes later he told me that I should call Amber.  Because it was such short notice we were just happy to have someone sitting for us, so street clothes were fine with us.  She has since become one of our regular models for Thursday nights and in fact came to our rescue for the coming week as well.  In fact, if you check out last Wednesday's post, the image is one of her.  Thanks, Amber.

As for the painting itself, I was using a pre gessoed board that was like painting on grease.  No tooth and the paint just slid everywhere.  Frustrating.  Never again with that stuff.