Winter Drawing Slam

A local art studio has an annual "drawing slam" where there are 2 models, a ton of food, and 6 hours to sketch/draw/paint your brains out! 

I did a combination of sketching the models and sketching my fellow artists! It was a ton of fun and a great way to meet some other folks! 

[namiki falcon with DeArtementis Document ink, D+S watercolors in a Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook-landscape]

[zebra sarasa 07 gel pen, PITT warm gray markers, and a white gel pen in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook]

One man sketchcrawl

60 degrees and sunny in February! That calls for a sketch crawl! 

[namiki falcon with DeArtementis Document ink, D+S watercolors in a Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook-landscape]

[ball point pen, in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook]

Make lemonade

So I started this sketch at a doctor's office, and wouldn't you know it, I got called into my visit and had to leave. I only got her hair, forehead, eye and nose done. So the next day I added the rest from memory. I think I nailed it. 

[zebra sarasa 07 gel pen, PITT warm gray markers, and a white gel pen in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook]

Toned tan round up

Some miscellaneous sketches from my toned tan sketchbook.

Toned tan gems

After taking a portrait drawing class I feel like my people are getting better and better. Here are a few gems from my Strathmore toned tan sketchbook. The first one was done at Barnes + Noble a few nights ago. The gentleman sat down with his Economist magazine and didn't budge for 30 minutes or so. The second was sitting in my dentist office and this guy was glued to his iPhone like a 14 year old girl. The third is also from B+N.

[zebra sarasa 07 gel pen, PITT warm gray markers, and a white gel pen in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook]

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Sketch meet up (B+N)

Just a lazy saturday sketching folks at Barnes and Noble. 



[pilot V5 pen, Uniball ball point pen, PITT warm gray markers, and a white gel pen in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook--oh, and a cookie, or two]

more toned tan

[pilot V5 pen, ball point pen, PITT warm gray markers, and a white gel pen in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook]

Toned TAN (sketchbook #15--starting)

I can't get enough of the toned paper from Strathmore. It's wonderful for adding grays, and white highlights are awesome. The book is a great size for a "take anywhere" book, and with three pens, you can have a great sketch session. Their toned gray book, I think, is a touch too dark, and not cool enough (as in cool on the color temperature scale, not hang ten! cool man!). Their toned tan is pretty much goldilocks--just right. 

Here is the start:

greenfront creepin'

tried to capture the inner restaurant--still working on this, so stay tuned

[pilot V5 pen, ball point pen, PITT warm gray markers, and a white gel pen in a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook]