Coming Through

Sketch Lure, Painted Lure

Leaning

Licorice and Wind

Cataswirls. On The Couch.

Wobbly Curves On Knobbly Wheels

This is the Kind of Sketching You Can Easily Do While Drinking a Gin-and-Tonic

Bike Alike Front

Bike Alike

Drawn So As Not To Stare Too Much At The People Who Pass By My Table At The Portland Zine Symposium

Standing in the Thick Line

Parking 100

Ummmm... To The Bike From Underwater

Headset. Horns. Handle.

Trick Bike Fly By The Billboard Face

More Bike-Flyin'

Figure Drawing

It's been a while since I put any of these up. I've gotten into a routine where I go to figure drawing sessions about three times a week at various places downtown. Here are some examples from the past month:

First, the short poses (most 2-10 minutes, the darkest is a 15 minute pose):



Everything's done with charcoal pencils of varying hardnesses and brands (I keep trying out new ones) on smooth newsprint. What I've been trying to do lately is to figure out how to use tones to bring out the forms. It's been kinda hard going.

Here are the longer poses, about 30 minutes: