Audrey

Audrey Tautou in charcoal. 11x14 inches. 

Reposting old work

I toned down the highlights of the hair because it's competing focus with the face. Added a bit more of light reflection on the face to make it glow more. 

The repost of this work was the result of the coversation I had with another talented artist/friend +Lingga Rinaldy. Talking about quality vs quantity. 

Linear drawing

Dan Fogelberg in graphite.

Etude

An etude in charcoal. 

Bizet

Georges Bizet, French classical composer of the romantic era, known for his opera Carmen. Charcoal study.

Get off the phone!

Study on charcoal. 

The great one

Mark Levin, otherwise known as "The Great One" among his listeners of his talk show. 

Dan again!

In sanguine.

Fogelberg

Caricature in charcoal.

Ava 2

Ava Gardner, one of the Hollywood icons of the 40s, was once married to favorite crooner Frank Sinatra.

Ava

Ava Gardner quick study/caricature in charcoal.

Eye gotcha!

Another etude of an eye that i'm working inspired from David Kassan youtube video. I was adopting a method I picked on and thought of trying it myself. Check on his drawing videos (lots of 'em), and you'l know what I'm talking about.

As in my previous practice, I would articulate light reflections by using the kneaded eraser and culminate a highlight with a white charcoal. That would leave the toned paper as a midtone value. In Kassan's method he crosshatch the light with white charcoal then subdue it by wiping it off and do the highlight by applying again with white charcoal. But what strike me most was his line, " I am not drawing the eye by drawing (outlining) the eye itself. I am defining it by its values that sit around it". That clicked logic right off the bat. What a genius idea on how to tackle drawing in a different way! That brings me to a conclusion that the lesser the lines (outlines), the better the drawing, and to always think drawing with values not with lines. You probably knew that already as I might have heard it before, but such concept would never sit in your nuggin' until you applied it and hit in the nail. (...so I thought) Happy drawing!

Etude of the eye(s)

Black and white charcoal on gray toned paper.

Wahlberg II

Another attempt on graphite. Trying to practice crosshatching.

Wahlberg

Walhberg modeled for Calvin Kleine before he got into movies. I thought of doing caricature while I'm in the mode. Just trying to figure out what version would be a good Wahlberg caricature.

Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg. Crosshatch in graphite. I was thinking of wanting to watch his movie, "Lone Survivor". It's a true story of a navy seal who survived alone in an unsuccessful operation in Afghanistan.

Loggins

Did this before rolling out from bed. Quick sketch in graphite. Filtered.

Faulkner

William Faukner, a Nobel Prize Awardee, is also one of the great American writers of the 20th century. Carbon on gray toned paper.

Debussy

Claude Debussy, French impressionist. Another one of my fav composers. I was listening to his music the whole time while I was working on this. It helps.

Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Venician composer of the Baroque era, was known for his big hit The Four Seasons. He was also a Catholic priest and a violin virtuoso. I love playing his music with the violin. Charcoal on gray toned paper.

Amadeus

I just got this done on time for the new year while waiting for the count down. I chose to draw this as a young boy because he actually began revealing his genuis talent at a very young age. He's my fav classical composer, and back in the days I had the privilige of playing his concertos and symphonies with an orchestra.  His name -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 

Dvorak

He was known for his music, The Flight of the Bumble Bee. A lot of instrumental soloists include this particular piece as part of their repertoire. They usually play it as encore piece. His name is Antonin Dvorak, a Czech composer.

Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, known for his music in the ballet world. It's one of the music that is a bit hard to execute requiring more agility and skill, especially in violin.  However, his music is always breathtaking!

Franck

Cesar Franck, French composer. Carbon and white pastel on 9x11' gray toned paper.

Chopin

Frederick Chopin, Romantic-era Polish piano composer. Charcoal on 9x11' gray toned paper.

Number 7

Funny face #7 in charcoal. 9x12 inches in Canson paper.

Brahms

An etude on charcoal of Johannes Brahms, classical composer.

Number 6

I'm rolling along to number 6 this time of the series. I think I'm enjoying this as I'm having fun making them. Charcoal on 9x12 Canson paper.

Samuel J

I was suppose to go somewhere and I thought of doing one last quickie before I go. Here it is.

Double quickies

I just want to feel the flow and randomness of quick sketch which is fun to do time after time. There are times that I get to like the result, other times I don't even feel like posting it.  I think this etude is as essential as scale exercises are to a musician. The fun part of it is you play with your imagination on exaggerating features as you speed up. Hope you find them appealing.

Number 5

This is #5 of the Funny Face series. Charcoal on 9x12 inches Canson paper.

Number 4

This is #4 of the Funny Face series. Not so funny to tell you the truth, but he's so happy alright. A bad choice for a decent art, I suppose. Charcoal on paper. 

Number 3

Number 3 of the Funny Face series. Charcoal on 9x12 paper.

Our Patriots

Charcoal on newspaper prints. I got this brilliant idea from an artist #draw_by_design, a fine artist I came across at instagram. With this drawing unto newspaper-trick, and I have chosen to draw this soldier's face in honor of their selfless service, bravery, and fight for freedom. I personally like the newspaper print on the background. See the big headline running above the face? It's just made a perfect sense for the artwork!

Kathy

Kathy Ireland, supermodel, caricature. 9x12 inches. 

Dan Fogelberg-III

Charcoal.

Dan Fogelberg II

Charcoal. 8.5x11 inches. White paper.

Believe In Me

Charcoal in white paper.

Funny face II

Carbon. 8.5x11. White paper. Most of the time I get too caught up with posting them quick because of time constraint that I negate to do some final touches. By the time I get the chance to twick it I don't want to switch them anymore, even if they look much better. 

Funny Face

Carbon pencil on 8.5x11 inches of white paper. This will the first of the series of  funny faces that I will have to do next. Carbon paper seem to work out good. I had fun!

An etude

Constantin's wife Christina. One of the early rough etudes done in carbon pencil. Just thought that I keep on working at it  till I get it right.

Manny Pacquiao

Caricature in charcoal. 11x8.5" white paper.

Jake G -2

Sanguine and black charcoal. 8.5x11 inches.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Sanguine and black charcoal. 8.5x11 ins on white paper.

Jimmy Fallon

Caricature in charcoal. 11x8.5 ins. White paper