wagonized

Brown-eyed girl

I think this is where I will stop with this one.  It was fun to do but there was a point where I realized I made her eyes too small in comparison to the rest of her face -- and from that moment on, things took a different turn.  I had screwed it up a bit, and now I was continuing because, well just because.  B pencil in Nora's Babylogue Moleskine.  

 

So far

I have started a portrait of our daughter Nora, but it is painstakingly slow (because I am painstakingly slow at pretty much everything) so I am posting a teaser as it were (!) while I am still working on the rest of her face.  The big ugly vertical black line is the gutter of the Moleskine and it's a bit of a drag to work with -- but it's Nora's own babylogue and I want a portrait of herself in there.  B pencil.  

 

For Emily, whenever I may find her

I did two portraits for my friend Emily of her nephew but forgot (plain forgot) to scan one of them.  Here is the one I did first, and which was more fun to do anyway.  B graphite on Canson paper. 

 

Every mug matters

Another exercise in ellipses during today's training at school -- Verónica's mug. Pigma Micron 05 in sketchbook.

 

Kevin with a bow

The holiday season is also commission season and I am trying to wrap up a couple of portraits.  But when I was asked by a friend of mine to draw her dog for her husband, I put things aside.  And I still have a way to go.  I think I am using a B graphite but I can't be sure.  

 

Bébé-sit-down

This little doll can be found anywhere in the house.  Our daughter carries him (and the duck that is permanently sewn to his arm) around and orders him to "sit down!!".  Today I caught her patting him on the back as if to burp him.  B pencil in sketchbook.