wagonized

Can't get back up

The little stuffed dog that has been sitting on the dining room table can't actually sit.  The size of his head forces his whole body to tip forward, boom.  He's been like this for days.  

2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite in Moleskine.

11 weeks old

While Nora was taking a late afternoon nap, I was able to do a quick sketch of her after a picture her Papa took with his iPhone :-)

2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite on Canson paper.  Should have used HB, but too late.

First pencil sketch

This is my first attempt at sketching little Nora -- approximate at best!  

2B "fat" graphite in Moleskine.

Pablo

I don't know how many years Pablo has lived at my dad's house.  But I know this drawing is long overdue!   

2B graphite in sketchbook.

Meet Antoine

Antoine is one of the new residents of our house.  He was a gift from one of my students, Antoine!

Merci, Antoine.  

2B pencil on sketch paper.

Anniversary

My brother in law's wedding anniversary is around the corner and he asked me to do a portrait of him and his wife.  He originally requested a portrait of them with their pets all around (that's at least 8 -- cats and dogs put together), but I managed to talk him out of it.  Pfeeeeeew. 

2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite on Canson paper.  

Tom

I've been itching to draw my husband Tom.  

2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite in sketchbook.   

Here's another portrait I did of him months ago.  

An exercise in values

I had started this drawing weeks ago but had moved on to other doodles and found an empty spread in the middle of my Moleskine today.  

Original photograph by Pacha Mama Photography on Flickr.

Drawing half a person stuck this song by the Smiths in my head.  It's always good to have a good song going while drawing. 

5B pencil in Moleskine.  

Should be Matthew

I took a couple of pictures this morning of my friend's little Matthew, who was born 6 weeks ago.  I did a quick sketch at school based on my iPhone photo but like many others before that, didn't finish it.  Which is probably for the better, since it was starting to look like him less and less!

HB pencil in sketchbook.  

Microphone

I see faces in the news, and I want to record them in my Moleskine.  I don't know who they are, and for that reason maybe, I don't feel a strong urge to finish them.  

Drawing is sometimes just a good excuse to listen to music.  Tonight I was listening to The Frames .

2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite in my Moleskine.