three views

Drawing something that stays perfectly still is a real luxury.

May you carve out a fabulous time on Valentine's Day.

Tech pen and w/c on Aquabee Superdeluxe.

hug?

This is a plastic, slightly squishy, cupie doll from . . . the 1950s? . . . that floats to the surface in our stuff once in a while. She's Fiskars-scissors orange in real life.

The high ridge along the top of her head is the molder's indication of hair. Early mohawk.

Practice with direct brush drawing on Aquabee superdeluxe.

split face

Random doodling.

Art-Kure brushes (which contain ink, not paint) on Moleskine w/c paper.

The Iceman Cometh

It's rare that I paint an abstract in one orientation and then decide I like it better displayed another way.

True of this one, though. And now I see things I didn't see when I painted it (which was a several-day process of random additions).

W/c on 140# Winsor & Newton paper

less drag, less precision

After drawing the glove with pen on one kind of paper, I had to try brush-drawing it on 140# Winsor & Newton paper.

The flow, the drag, the scale, the control--differing materials make a subtle, but distinct difference in process.

hard and soft

Two random items lying on the coffee table.

Tech pen and wash on Cachet drawing paper.

In my current drawing mania, I have sketchbooks lying all around the house and just use what's closest. That's why I list so many papers among these daily posts.

my favorite shoes

They're the most comfortable ones I own, stretchy and slipper-like fit. Also, not shown here, totally black to go with any outfit.

Tech pen and w/c on Aquabee superdeluxe.

another backside

This appears to be a deck chair on the Titanic.

I'm drawing some of my standard models from a different angle.

Pencil, soluble pen and w/c on Aquabee superdeluxe.

always the cat back

When they see me drawing them, either Fen or Chaucer, they get extra twitchy or turn their backs. So often the only view I have is something like this.

Pencil and w/c on Raffine paper.

another angle

It's hard (for me) to wash in dark tones and not lose all the dimensionality (is that a word?) of the item.

Not a good scan with a shadow along that top edge. The sketchbooks with spirals are hard to flatten on the scanner.

Enough excuses?

Tech pen and w/c on Aquabee superdeluxe.

subtle shades

Compared to running shoes, hiking boots hide in woods colors. Better for not scaring the little animals.

W/c on Raffine paper.

who does it this way?

Is it a cultural thing or a regional thing, when people count by using their thumb as "one" and the first finger as "two"?

I used the side of a nylon round brush to do the gray shading with ink, moving it like a marker. I got a lot more dry brush look that way. Then I painted over it with the orange.

Pink and orange would not have been my conscious choice, but sometimes I just idly try stuff and it works well enough to post.

W/c and ink on 140# Winsor & Newton paper.

alizarin pear

Playing with color again. Sometimes I really like alizarin crimson, sometimes I don't.

I like how it blended here.

W/c on Aquabee superdeluxe

screaming? scary? face

I had an hour to wait before an appointment, with absolutely no place to go except a Burger King. I ate food I shouldn't, then drew the tray.

It wasn't until I got to the cup that I saw the face with long tongue and squinty eyes in the dim coloration of the gray and reddish design.

I actually recoiled. Time for a new logo designer at Burger King!

Tech pen and w/c on Raffine paper.