Graphite on 5.5 x 8.5 ins paper;

Graphite on 6 x 6 ins. Smooth Bristol.

Head study on ink

Ink on 6 x 6 Bristol smooth.

Just one more time

Graphite on 5.5 x 8.5 ins. paper. A very unlikely resemblance of Robert Downey Jr. I copied this one from a movie pic, Iron Man. I thought of doing one more sketch before going to bed so I did a quick one.

Mr. DM

Graphite on 5.5 x 8.5 ins. paper. Dean Martin was one of my fav singers. People have known him doing shows with cigarette and a glass of wine on the other hand. The fact of the matter is, that glass is not really an alcohol drink, but just an apple juice--that's right just an apple juice. That thing his puffing though is a real cigarette. Sadly, he died from lung cancer.

Ramiro Ramirez

Charcoal and white chalk pastel on Mi-tientes.

Ramiro #2

Charcoal and white chalk paster on Mi-tientes. Just another version.

Ramiro Medina

Graphite on 5.5 x 8.5 paper. Did this one at the workplace for about 10-15 minutes. Ramiro was nice enough to pose for me. I'm glad this one came out fairly good, and I'm satisfied. With too much information I get from a live model, filtering down to what is only needed is pretty much a struggle. I often just dive-in without much giving thought of what I'm exactly doing, a common mistake by most artists. Always a rule of thumb: when one starts it right, normally ends up right. I intend to do more of this at the workplace, it's a good place to start. Anyway, thanks for posing, Ramiro.

Head study of J. Collins'

Charcoal and white pastel on 9 x12 Mi-tientes. This was inspired from Jacob Collins' painting "Candace". It was a good practice because it didn't came out easy. Mi-tientes has a bigger bite compare to other paper I tried that I have to be careful pressing the Charcoal on it. Starting it light is always ideal. Totally blackening the paper to stress darkness is not good.

Guitar Picking-Bluegrass Singing-Never Grow Up Boy

Graphite on 5.5 x 9.5 paper. Del McCoury, bigtime-longtime bluegrass singer. I have his "Chairman of the "Board" album, one of my fav music. I discover listening to him when I first heard them on the movie, Father Where Art Thou?" Lately, as always the case, for the fact that I get to do a lot of artworks and posted them, I have been neglecting, or delaying, some stuff that I ought to do in life. Basic stuff to get my life going, such as paying bills, doing errands, mowing my lawn, cleaning up, washing my truck, and others. I am selfishly indulging myself to do more art more than anything else. That's another main reason why I never wanted to have x-box and games-- it will just ruin my priority. I got myself an Intuous 3 that I barely use because it takes so much work on familiarizing with the tablet, and my hand and eye coordination is so messed up.

Sublime expression

Charcoal on 9 x 12 Newsprint. The Great Itzhak Perlman, classical violinist.

An early morning accomplishment

Charcoal on 9 x 12 Me-tientes. Inspired from Dave Malan's "Cigar".

Inspired from B. Silverman

White pastel and charcoal on 9 x 12 Mi-Tientes.

Head study in colors

Colored pencil on 5.5 x 8.5 paper. One of my few works in color. Honestly, I was just doodling aimlessly trying to make it look good and see how it goes. What can I say? You'll be the judge.