Good Ol' Jack Nick

Graphite on 5.5x8.5 paper. It seems like I am on the groove of doing one a day; every time I get a chance on my chill time at work I try to do some doodles and make it a point to wrap it up before 7 pm. I am adding more character in my works lately and slowly discovering some new approach in looking at my subjects and rendering it.

Kristie

Graphite on 5.5x8.5" paper

Oswald

Graphite on 5.5x8.5" paper. I thought that thiswork doesn't have a wide range of tones, especially towards the darker side. It could have been better if the hair, eyes and eyebrows, and the clothes was done in a darker tone. The face could pop out more forward if the base (the shirt) was darker. It would have been more dramatic if the whole drawing was rendered in a darker tone that even the lightest part is covered with a shade leaving the highlights the only part that is not rendered.

Charcoal on 14x17" Bristol Vellum.

4 Step Demo

Charcoal and white chalk pastel on 14x17 Bristol vellum.

I have been getting a lot of extra days of work at the hospital so I haven't had the time to do any serious artwork other than short sketches every now and then. It's funny coz it takes my tooth to get extracted for me to find time to go back to drawing/painting. The work I posted above looked fresh with a new perspective on treating the drawing in terms of volume and lighting. I know I my work is still a long shot from being perfect ,but it feels strange that just when I thought of getting rusty and feeling left out by the fact that I am not attending any art class, I am instead feeling inspired and fresh like my work went another notch higher. I started this particular work with a study on charcoal to see how it could help me in my painting. I have always heard it from the master how they make study works on some other medium before hitting the paints.