Hello World

My name is Shamus Collins. My wife came across a blog entitled "Creative Journey" by an artist named Myrna Wacknov. There is a link on that blog to another blog Myrna has created entitled "Drawn to the Mirror" and this is my point of interest. Myrna has set forth to create 365 days of self portraits that began on Jan. 1st. Well I am starting a little after the first of the year but I am going to make the same goal for myself. This sounds like a fun and inspirational way to force creativity. Let the fun begin.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

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160/365 Color Me



This is the start of a new sketch book so I am going to try a new medium. This entire book will be me practicing with water colors. I have not used water colors since grade school. I don't know any techniques or even how to mix the colors properly, but that won't stop me from trying. At least for one phase of this project.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

159/365 Phone



This was sketched on my phone. There is very little room to work and few brush options. This is the result of several tries.

158/365 Book 2 Complete



This is the last page of my second book of self portraits. All were charcoal, graphite, and one pastel.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010

143/365 My Eyes



I over exaggerated the shape of my eyes. Not quite cartoon but not the actual shape either. Just in between.

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Friday, June 11, 2010

Monday, June 7, 2010

136/365 Suggested



My oldest daughter suggested that I do a sketch from my eyes up with my hair all crazy. The hair probably isn't as crazy as she was thinking, but here it is.

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135/365





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Friday, June 4, 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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130 Start-To-Finish



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





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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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





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Friday, May 21, 2010

122/365



This was a quick sketchling. 5 or 6 minutes.

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121/365





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Thursday, May 20, 2010