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Guess the portrait, get an apron!
This will be my last graphite drawing for a while. I have decided that I need to get back to the brushes and start making some progress on my painting. I must admit though, these drawing exercises have been a good study in observation and control. They have really taught me to look for the [...]
Graphite Portrait
I figure I am kidding myself to think I can paint a portrait if I can’t draw one. So, more drawing it is. I am trying to focus on the anatomical foundation of facial features as well as the delicate values that define them. I don’t think I would ever paint to this level of [...]
DSFDF Portrait Challenge Drawing
It has been a while since I have participated in a “Different Strokes for Different Folks” challenge but this one looked like fun! At the end of the year, Karin Jurick asks participants to photograph themselves and email her the photo. She then randomly takes the photo of another participant and sends it to you [...]
Zoe the Dog Graphite Drawing
Above is the beginning of an affectionate portrait of our dog Zoe. We rescued her about eight years ago when we found her tied up to a tree in a park sitting in the rain. No one was in sight and there were no calls when we advertisted in the paper that we had found [...]