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.