Dance of the Skeleton

My buddy Neal and I decided that we were going to come up with a topic once or twice a month and each come up with a sketch to compare and critique. This first one was entitled, "Dance of the Skeleton." I don't know why I pulled that out of the air but it was fun. I'll have you know Neal that I did this after trick or treating with my kids. I remembered at the last second and forced myself to do it. I found a picture of Fred Astaire doing a cool pose and copied it as a skeleton. I'm sure it isn't anatomically correct but it was fun to kind of make up stuff to fill in the gaps. I need to find myself the perfect sketching pencil because this #2 school pencil I'm using isn't allowing a lot of contrast and the lead is hard. Skeleton's really don't have much expression but believe me, he's smiling ear to ear...

1.25 hours - 10-31-09 

Here are some quick sketches I did of some cowboys I found in a scout magazine. I need to get myself some different reference.

Klopek... Is that Slavic?

Natali and I have a few favorite Halloween movies - Nightmare before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, Charlie Brown but The Burbs is our absolute favorite and is probably the most watched film in our home. I drew his left hand and side too dark. It's distracting from the focal point. Better luck next time.
10-30-09 /15 minute sketch

Summer Camp

Summer camp this year was up at Camp Loll near the south entrance of West Yellowstone. I tried my hardest to find time to sketch but hard when trying to keep track of those crazy boys. Here are some 3-5 minute sketches. This was probably the first time that I have drawn in a sketchbook in years. It's strange to look at my drawings and know what I need to work on but it's hard to remind myself when I am drawing. Bad habits I guess. Anyways, I was using a #2 pencil that I was sharpening with a knife so not much variation in line weight.

  

 

Hero scout

What I mainly want to use this site for is to post the gesture drawings from my sketchbook but every once in a while I will take a few minutes to add some detail. I have a lot to work on when it comes to learning greyscale values and line weight, but I have to start somewhere right?

I found this guy in a scout magazine and thought he fit the Scout Master bill perfectly. Whenever I show up to Summer camp or Klondike, I see a bunch of guys that look like this. This guy had a lot of character which makes for an easy sketch.

Me... an artist?

I've got myself a blog. I use to make fun of my wife for having one but thought it would aid me in becoming a better artist. To all my fans around the world (My wife and Mom) thanks for tuning in! Now I just have to create some art to post. Yeeha!