I profess no political ideologies with this sketch. President Obama's photo was there and I was looking for something to sketch. I didn't get a very good likeness. In fact, I was pretty careless about it. His eyeslant was actually the opposite of what I drew, but I couldn't change it since I sketched in ink first. The sketch is approx one inch by one inch.
This was sketched while I was watching Coraline. It is supposed to be her, though when I added the watercolor, the ink was not yet dry and it messed up her nose and her hair doesn't look as blue anymore. This is also quite small at about an inch high. Has anyone seen this movie? I was a bit shocked by the dancing ladies scene and had to go see the rating on it. It's PG-13, not G! The artwork was great, I just wasn't very keen on the story.
This guy, also only an inch in width, is from imagination and was sketched with my Pentel Pocket Brush. I cannot sketch from life with this pen! With all of the blind contours that I've done, I've trained myself to rarely look at the page. But, when using a brush it seems like you need to pay attention to how thin or how fat a line is; this isn't something that I have a "feel" for yet. Do any of you out there draw with your Pentel brush pen while not looking at the paper? Is this a skill you can develop with practice?
There is something about me that I'm just starting to recognize. It seems that if I say I'm going to focus on one thing, I end up doing the opposite! For instance, I said I would focus on tone with pencil for the year; but suddenly I hardly want to mess with sketching at all I'm in such a rush to get to the watercolors. If I say I'm going to focus on learning watercolors, suddenly all I can do is sketch! It makes me feel like I can't move forward. Is it fear or is it boredom, or is it that I like to do it all and need variety?
I've also noticed that I'm starting to doodle more in watercolor. This is new to me, since I normally doodle in ballpoint or pencil. I like that change. I also like these tiny little messy portraits.
Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Maybe it's just your excitement for the medium? I swear I'm ADD and I jump from one project to another. Just don't let it freeze you up until you can't do anything at all. Then you know you'll need an artist intervention and have to get all your artist friends together and go on a retreat somewhere awesome.... ok, I'm getting carried away. :) Great sketches, I'm amazed they are so small. Wonderful wonderful.
ReplyDeleteRetreat? I'm in! lol I love the idea of little one inch portraits, and these are really fun! I might have to give some a try. nancy
ReplyDeleteloving the little teeny tiny portraits... kind of like little Elizabethan miniatures.... :)
ReplyDeleteThese are terrific. Each one captures such personality. I imagine it is your curiosity about experimenting with different media that keeps you from sticking with one thing. I'd say go with it as that is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteYou've said so much in such a tiny space!
ReplyDeleteVery good, but an inch x inch that is pretty small...i thought I was bad when using my little moleskeine note book :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I do the same thing too! Let's see, today I'm supposed to do THIS, but instead, I feel like doing THAT! The Coraline sketch is my favorite - love the look on her face.
ReplyDeleteI do precisely the same thing! I was going to do more in pencil, less in ink (as you know) for the watercolors. And I haven't done it. And I'm thinking more and more about acrylics. (Haven't touched 'em yet). And I'd love to sketch in watercolor, and lay down both ink and watercolor (I was thinking about this today)- excellent that you are doing this!
ReplyDeleteAlso without being political, your first drawing looks to me like a Chicago gangster from a 50's movie! I like all three sketches, runny ink or no! Corina is adorable, and the last one (again without being political) looks like William F. Buckley, Jr. to me. ;)
Raena - It happens to me too. I think I want to sketch in graphite and I end up doing colored pencil. It is good anyway that you happen to be doing so many sketches.
ReplyDeleteMany interests is good, and trying new ways is good, to me anyway. Your little portraits are really good and fun.
ReplyDeleteNice! I like them, especially the third one! Wonderful expression!
ReplyDeleteIt's not easy made mini portraits :b well done !
ReplyDeleteThese are such great little portraits!
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