Sketchlings

Saturday, June 5, 2010

131/365 Two Thousand Five Revisited

Something about 129/365 didn't sit well with me. I don't like to redo a sketch of the same photo but it was bothering me. I think I can let this one go now.

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I think it's kind of beautiful to see a piece from start to finish. That is why I decided to sketch this one. It shows what one of my sketches looks like from the beginning to the end all in the same piece. It intentionally is incomplete on the left and finished on the right. As you read the entire piece you realize the potential for the simple lines at the start. Though crude and irregular they could be much more with a little work. So true with many aspects of life. A little love and time can change a lot of things.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

129/365 Two Thousand Five

This was sketched from a photo from 2005. My hair was quite a bit shorter back then.

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128/365 Blurred Vision

127/365 Doodle Me

This one is one that was on my desk at work for a week or so. I kept adding things to it here and there until I decided to bring it home and redo it larger and in my actual sketch book.

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126/365 Baptism

This sketch looks like there are water ripples around my face. Although that was not my intention I do like this piece. I would like to do an entire body sketch like this one.

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125/365 Straight Forward

Simple sketch of me. Straight forward.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

124/365 Carpenter

This was sketched with a standard carpenters pencil. It has a rectangle shaped lead so it gives more of a calligraphy look.

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123/365

122/365

This was a quick sketchling. 5 or 6 minutes.

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121/365

120/365

119/365

This looks a lot like me. I changed pencils and didn't rush to get the whole face done. What I did finish I am pleased with.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

118/365 For Amy

This sketchling is for my beloved Amy. She tells me that I need to smile in more of the sketches. Here you are, it's just for you. I just wish that I didn't look like a lady in it. Oh well.

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117/365 Forty-Five

All the lines were done on a forty-five degree angle. Just trying something new.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

116/365 Look Familiar?

Look Familiar? This is a re-sketch of 114/365. Done with a charcoal pencil. This one has a bolder statement. I like the blurry black on white better. I'm glad I redid it.

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115/365 Lazing

Sketch of me sleeping. No photo reference so I didn't realize that my ear plug was set too high until I had finished the piece. Oh well, I still like it.

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114/365 Look

Done with a 6B graphite pencil. Shaded with a 2B graphite stick. I like this one but it isn't as intense as I was hoping for. I liked the contrast before I shaded the background better then the end result.

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

113/365

I didn't want to take up several sketches for these so I added them together. This is masks of me. Hard and emotionless. I might add more to this sketch in the future. Time will tell.

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111/365 One Liner

This is a very simple single line with slight shading on the outside. Just a few minutes of me.

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

110/365 Speechless

This one I really like. Simple, dark, light, and I think it represents me well. The title is "Speechless" because I have no mouth. Not because I think that this sketchling is so amazing that it leaves one speechless. One of my favorites though.

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109/365

This one didn't quite turn out like I wanted it to.

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108/365

107/365 Mask

This is me removing a mask of sorts. We all wear masks from time to time, sometimes being naked in front of the world is a difficult thing. Letting someone see who you really are. We need to scream to the world " Here I Am, like it or not this is Who I Am ". Well world, there are several faces of me in this self challenge. Let it be known that these are all just simplistic expressions of an image of the man. Some carry more weight then others, but all are sketches.

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106/365

105/365

4B Graphite Pencil. 15 minute sketchling. Me resting my head on my arm. By the way, all of my self portraits are for sale. Only $119,000 each. :)

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104/365 Come Together

This is a revisit of sketchling 40/365. This sketchling flows a lot better then the original. The two faces feel more connected, more a part of each other as opposed to a reflection. I like this one a lot more then its' earlier counterpart.

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

103/365

I took Myrna's advice and played with this one a little more. I actually like this one a little better now. Thank you for your advice.

I absolutely hate this one, but I am not going to throw any away, so... here is number 103/365

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102/365

I have been gone from my work for a while. I am refocused and will be creating and posting as often as possible.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

100/365

I finally made it to 100. 2/7 of the year are gone. Still a little behind but I'll get there.

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99/365

97/365 Looking Down

Simple lines and simple shading. Deep thought or not? Maybe I was just tired. No. I was actually holding my baby, I left him out though.

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

96/365 Less Is More

I think that I've been putting too much charcoal on the paper. The simpler ones look a lot more complete. I know that it sounds stupid, but I think they look better overall. The next few will be experimenting with little color variations and simple lines. At least for a few sketches anyway.

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95/365 Nightmare

Welcome to Nightmare Me. This is actually a negative of a photo. Didn't turn out all that great though. Cool photo, bad sketch attempt.

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

94/365

A 6B graphite pencil.

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93/365

This is what last nights sketch was supposed to look like. The oil pastels were hard to work with. I don't think that I'm getting all that I can from the charcoals but I am getting more comfortable working with them. At least that's one good thing.

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