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Tag: drawing

Jarvis Cocker Portrait Created via the iPad Pro in Procreate

Just completed, a portrait of Pulp’s singer Jarvis Cocker from a 2007 performance at Webster Hall in New York City. … More

2007, Art, artwork, concert, drawing, front man, illustration, jarvis cocker, live music, music, performance, performing, posed, Pulp, singer, Webster hall

The Drawn Family Christmas Vacation Photos

A few sketches inspired by this past Christmas’ family trip to Big Bear in California. I thought it would be … More

Art, artwork, cell phone, communication, couple, drawing, eating, family, grandkids, grandma, grandpa, grandparents, grandsons, graphite, illustration, lifestyle, mobile phone, pencil, pulling boots, sharing, sketches, technology

Digital Portrait of Kiefer Sutherland Created on the iPad Pro with Procreate

Just completed a digital portrait via Procreate on the iPad Pro with actor Kiefer Sutherland at the SAG Awards in … More

actor, adobe, Art, artwork, celeb, celebrity, celebrity portrait, celebs, digital, drawing, head shot, headshot, iPad Pro, kiefer sutherland, photoshop, portrait, Procreate, wacom intuos, wacom table

Drawings of Fashion Week Past – 14×17 Pencil on Paper

Fashion Week is a great way to work on drawings when you need inspiration.  When I used to cover the … More

14x17, Alon Livne, Art, artwork, Bibhu Mohapatra, designers, drawing, drawing practice, Erickson Beamon, evening gown, fashion week, female model, Joanna Mastroianni, male model, mbfw, Michael Kors, model, models, nyfw, pencil, rtw, runway, runway fashion, Venexiana, zang toi

Male Model at Zang Toi Fashion Show Drawing– 14X17 Pencil on Paper

My latest piece of a male model stepping onto the runway during Fashion Week in 2012. I was having issues … More

Art, artwork, blazer, drawing, fashio week, Fashion, fashion week 2012, male mode, man, pencil, runway, shirtless, suspenders, torso

Balancing Male Performer – 14X17 Pencil on Paper

My next drawing is of a male performer balancing on a pole with his right leg stretched high.  The original … More

14x17, Art, artwork, back view, backview, balance, dancer, drawing, Fashion, flexibility, flexible, male, mongolian, pencil, performer, strength, stretched out leg

Woman Floating – 14X17 Pencil on Paper

My latest drawing of a woman flying, floating, jumping.  The phone photo isn’t that great, I’m going to have to … More

14x17, Art, artwork, concept, drawing, falling, Fashion, floating, flying, freedom, graceful, pencil, woman

Woman at Bottom of Stairs – 14X17 Pencil and Charcoal on Paper

Drawing of a woman at the bottom of the stairs this time on pencil and charcoal.  I was having issues … More

14x17, Art, attic, charcoal, dark, dramatic, drawing, Fashion, model, pencil, posed, sheer blouse, staircase, stairs, woman

Model Climbing Fence – 14X17 Pencil on Paper

Latest piece of model climbing a fence.  I wanted this drawing to symbolize freedom.  She just happens to be stunning … More

14x17, african american, Art, artwork, climbing, concept, drawing, fence, freedom, graceful, legs, model, pencil, posed, woman

Woman Balancing on a Tree – 14X17 Pencil on Paper

A pencil drawing of a woman balancing on a tree.  I love drawing fabric, hair though, is another story.  This … More

14x17, Art, artwork, asian, drawing, dress, graphite, paper, pencil, tree, woman

Woman Crouching in Steampunk Fashion – 14X17 Pencil on Paper

My latest piece completed this weekend is a woman crouching in Steampunk fashion.  The photo reference was from an October … More

14x17, 2010, Art, artwork, blending, clothes, clothing, drawing, dress, Fashion, fashion blog, pencil, Steampunk, woman

Model Crouched Against Wall – 14X17 Pencil on Paper

Pulling from my old photographs for inspiration, I decided to do a pencil drawing of this model crouching against a … More

african american, Art, artwork, crouched, drawing, Fashion, fashion illustration, fashion model, female, full body, full length, heels, legs, model, modeling, off the shoulder blouse, photo shoot, photoshoot, posed, posed against wall, woman

Handmade Christmas Cards

It’s that time of year again!  When I start to draw my own Christmas cards, because I’m too cheap to … More

Art, christmas cards, christmas sweater, Christmas sweaters, drawing, Fashion, greeting cards, handmade christmas cards, handmade greeting cards, holidays, illustration, one of a kind, originals, toned tan paper, ugly christmas sweater, ugly christmas sweaters

The Kew Gardener Fake Magazine Cover Project

I wanted to do a couple of fun covers of a fake magazine called The Kew Gardener just to practice … More

1920s, Art, art markers, art project, art series, artmarkers, artwork, belle epoque, drawing, fake magazine, fake magazine cover, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, parisian, pigmamicron, series, style, the kew gardener, tombowdualbrushpens, tombows

Please Objectify Me

This drawing is based on an NPR story that was published in August of 2015: People Love Art Museums — … More

Art, art concept, artwork, concept, drawing, hand, hands, metadata, object, objectification of art, pencil, pencil drawing, tags

The LOVE Project in Sign Language, 15 November 2015

So I’ve been practicing drawing the hands and decided to do a project on spelling the word Love.  The L, … More

alphabet, Art, artwork, concept, drawing, E, graphite, hand, L, letters, love, O, pencil, pencil drawing, sign language, V

ROYGBIV – Roy Orbison in Acrylic, 9 Nov 2015

A visual pun created with a portrait of Roy Orbison.  ROYGBIV.  I was thinking of putting his name above his … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, celebrities, celebrity, drawing, face, faces, hand, humor, humour, pencil drawing, roy orbison, roygbiv, sign language, visual pun

May Ray ‘Glass Tears’ Project

So my studies on one of my favorite artists continues. One of my favorite Man Ray photographs is this 1932 … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, canvas paper, drawing, eye, eyelashes, eyes, faces, man ray, man ray studies, nose, pencil, pencil drawing, people, portraits

Ellie Goulding Inverted Experiment

This was a fun project for me.  I took a photograph of Ellie Goulding I photographed in 2011 at Saks … More

2011, Art, artwork, bristol, bristol board, drawing, Ellie Goulding, experiment, experimental, experimenting, inversion, invert, inverted, negative positive, pencil drawing, saks 5th ave, saks fifth ave

Getting Into Hairy Situations

I’ve dreaded drawing hair, but decided to just do it.  So here are a few drawings.  I’m excited because the … More

14x17, Art, artwork, back of hair, drawing, graphite, hair, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil on paper, wavy hair, woman screaming

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