Late Afternoon Rush

 Boulevard Jean Jaures, Nice. 8x10 inches, acrylic wash, charcoal pencil, and pastel.

In The Studio

In the studio with my pencil and pad, I sat down in the rocking chair, and drew what was in front of me starting with the starving artist.  12x9 inches, pencil on paper.

Happenstantially

This month I'm doing happenstantial drawings. I pick up the pencil and pad, and start drawing, whatever the happenstances.  This fellow posed for me yesterday. He couldn't get out of it.  12x9 inches, pencil on paper.  

Figure Sketches

 Two figure sketches, one in charcoal pencil, and one in oil.  Both 9x12 inches.

Smiling

Someone told me to smile for my self-portrait.  I am smiling.  12x9 charcoal pencil on paper.

So Much For Serious Stuff

First,  I couldn't get this guy to look at me, though I know for a fact he was.  And he's been reading too much stuff on the Internet about the virus so I can't get him to smile anymore.  I kept thinking of the statue of Marshall Andre Massena that we passed every day in Nice.  Fittingly, a pigeon was always standing on top of his head. So much for serious stuff.

Serial Self Portraitist

For this drawing I placed my nose close to the paper...er, mirror, maybe too close.  When I look at the work of serial self-portraitists, it's all recognizable, and quite variable.  I can guess why, but I'm not going to worry about it.

A Small Figure

Yesterday I looked across my studio room into a small mirror and saw a small figure looking back at me.  12x9 inches, pencil on paper.

A Malleable Head

While my wife is busy making masks, I'm showing how malleable my head is, making marks.  What is there to be afraid of?  12x9 inches, charcoal on paper.

A Natural Squinter

In yesterday's self-portrait, I didn't wear my glasses when painting.  Without them, I'm a natural squinter.  I put them back on for this charcoal drawing.  12x9 inches.

A Portrait Of The Artist

A portrait of the painter Ann Scott, who kindly agreed to pose yesterday afternoon at her studio home.  Ann is the master of fields, skies and clouds, mists, fogs and firs.  Looking out her window she can see the high top of Mount Greylock.

Old One

Going through my drawings, I found this self-portrait from 1974.  It's approximately 24x18, charcoal and charcoal wash.

Figure Drawing

From a recent figure drawing session: 16x12 charcoal and white pastel on paper.

Posing With A Smart Phone

A quick oil sketch of the model from the last figure painting/drawing session, proving once and for all, that one can look at a smart phone even without clothes.  16x12 oil on panel.

Not A Tree

A drawing from a couple weeks ago.  Not all my drawings depict trees. 12x9 pencil on paper.

Unpopular

Figure drawings don't seem to be very popular nowadays, but making them is an important aspect of being an artist.  This drawing, approximately 17 x 11 inches, pencil on paper, I did last week.  There's a mirror behind the model, which reflects the model and another artist working at an easel.

Sketching in Oil

A couple of 12x9 oil on Arches paper sketches based on drawings.  The next step is to paint directly from the model.

Figure with Kimono Robe

A figure drawing from three weeks ago.  This was quickly done with charcoal and white pastel on paper previously darkened with a charcoal wash.

Front and Back, Back and Forth

Life drawing is similar to plein air painting in that one has only so much time to make an image.  You look, think, gesture over your surface, look for negative and positive shapes, and then you start (you don't know yet how you will finish).   These two charcoal drawings are approximately 17x14 inches showing both a front and back view of the model.

All I Have

All I have this morning is a figure drawing from yesterday.