#1002

Sanguine study of Sting on 18x20 inches.

He's the one of the musicians I respect and adore of his unique sound and talent, and his passion through the years. I think his music matured and got more rave when he went solo. When one has talent he or she can't help but express oneself through art.

#1001 Lightning Bruce

Sanguine caricature on 18x20 inches. 

I enjoy people of passion and who has done great achievements. It is a blessing to have them as inspirations. In a way it has been set, they play the role of somebody who has placed the bar on high standards, and it is our role, or at least I chose the role, to try to reach for that bar. For now I focus on that level of energy. Time will take care of it to where it will lead me.

#1k Lee in watercolor

Early morning exercise of Bruce Lee in watercolor. 

It's easy to get caught up with working the details and forget the most important aspect. Keep it fresh by looking your work as a whole. 

#999 watercolor

Watercolor on cold press paper. 6x9 inches. 

It's not always about the end result of your work, but rather the process and the habit of doing it. One has to be a slave of repetition, almost like a drone until eureka hits you in the head and you realize it all makes sense. Work small sizes to maintain yourself fresh and not get bored. Don't worry if your art didn't look good. It's not gonna get that better anyway. Just keep on like a drone in an assembly line.

#998 sketch

Graphite on paper. 

I was trying to explore possibilities of exploiting features of the face. I spent like approximately twenty to thirty minutes on each one of these two.  

#997 watercolor

Watercolor. 6x9 inches on cold press paper.

At this stage I'm more concern of articulating the values by using the brush. I'd like to keep a small project to keep myself fresh, not bored, through out the process. Caricatures are easy way not to worry about the likeness and all the accuracies that a straight portraits requires. It's like playing, fun, and adventurous in a way that the end result remains a mystery until it's revealed. But again, at this stage nothing is more important to me than discovering watercolor as a new medium of my focus.

#996 sketch

Red and white pastel on toned paper. 9x12 inches. Something new on using the soft white Sennelier stick pastel instead of the compressed one. It's much easier to use it because of its softness and bright color. 

#995 Gut-fielding Greg

Quick sketch on graphite. White paper. 5x4 inches.

With a new energy and a new motivation on this new year I'm turning my art to a new chapter. I have this feeling that I have to crank it up to a new level. More direction, more boldness, more quality, and more volume as to quantity. It's quite ambitious but I just have to "gut it out the field" and take it to the endzone. There is this new phrase that I discovered from a podcast of artist Alyson Standfield, ArtBizCoach.com, and it will be my main theme: "Do it so good that you won't doubt it anymore". 

This character is Greg Gutfeld's of The Five, a Fox News political talk show. I love his way of writing his monologues -gutsy, straight to the point, yet entertaining.   I'll be doing more of these studies of Greg, perhaps on a different medium, just to explore more of what I can do. 

#994 Details

   A snap pic of the current project Im working on. All done by a pallete knife to apply "cake" pastel. 

#993 commission

Pan pastel on gray toned paper. 

#992 charcoal study

Charcoal study of Violante Placido's caricature. She's a French actress in "Transporters" the tv series. I didn't focus so much on the likeness, in fact, I exaggerated the face and hair a bit more.  I like the way I treated the gesture and the see-thru black blouse with charcoal. 

#991 caricature study

Charcoal on toned paper.

#990 Morning sketches

Sketches in ball point pen. 

#989 The Dapper Dan

Pastel on toned paper.

#988 Rob

Pastel on toned paper. 11x14 ".

#987 caricature

Caricature in pastel. 11x14 toned paper.

#986 doodle

Quick study in pen.

#985 quickie

One more thing before work starts. Ball point pen on newsprint.

#984 one more time

Caricature in ball point pen. Newsprint.

Just another doodle before hitting the bed. 

#983 Happy Holloween!

Charcoal on white paper.