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You Say You Want a Revolution

Jeff — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:45:46 +0000

Last year at the Holland Tulip Festival in Holland, MI, one of the larger windmill attractions recreated a revolutionary war camp. This is a recreation of a photo taken of one of the recreators. He came over a hill looking exhausted — though it was probably from posing for hundreds of pictures rather than fighting hoards of redcoats.

I drew this in charcoal on 18×24 paper as part of a one hour (or so) demonstration to my nephew who has an interest in art (Skype is a wonderful thing!). Lots and lots of problems with it, but I’m not terribly upset with it considering the speed with which it was drawn.

Dancer #3

Jeff — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:30:31 +0000

Another dancer sketch. Something of a theme going here I guess…

Dancer #2

Jeff — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:35:16 +0000

Just another quick sketch of a dancer… This one is from a photograph in a coffee table book about the 20th century.

Tiny Dancer

Jeff — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:14:36 +0000

I’m not happy about the amount of time I’ve spent in 2010 doing everything except making “art”. I went to the art institute today looking for a little inspiration. Amazing how quickly you can lose a few hours in a place like that. This is a sketch of a small sculpture I saw while I was there. I didn’t get her name (apologies to the original artist), but I liked the way she looked.

Self Portrait

Jeff — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:08:12 +0000

My first attempt at a portrait. Made my nose too long, and didn’t capture the look of the bandanna correctly. It’s been about 3 weeks since my last serious attempt at drawing anything, so I’ll cut myself a little slack for not remembering to check my measurements against more than one reference point.

Reclining Figure

Jeff — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:00:36 +0000

More Figure Drawing

Jeff — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:51:09 +0000

Notice how I cleverly positioned myself so I didn’t have to draw any facial detail.

Figure Drawing Class

Jeff — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:37:48 +0000

I haven’t posted here in a long while. But that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped drawing (although I have not been drawing as much as I would like). I’ve been taking a figure drawing class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

I’ve been hesitant to post these drawings. I have a number of nieces and nephews whose parents might object to them seeing drawings containing nudity. I also have several colleagues who have been known to check out my drawings while at work; where viewing pictures of nekkid people is usually frowned-upon.

So rather than my normal posting policy of one post per drawing, I am including several drawings in this one post.

Before you click the link to read the entire post, be warned: The following images contain artistic nudity. If you are offended by depictions the unclothed human body, do not click the link. If you are under the age of 18, get your parents’ permission before clicking the link. If you are at work and there is even the remotest chance that someone in your office will accuse you being a pervert, wait until you get home to click the link.

You have been warned.

OK. Now that we’ve gotten THAT out of the way, here are the rest of my drawings from class so far:

Donovan McNabb

Jeff — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:39:36 +0000

Another athlete courtesy of Sports Illustrated. In this case, Donovan McNabb doing what he does best: scramble out of trouble.

This sketch started out as just a study of his arm and hand, but I thought I needed to give the disembodied arm a little bit of context; so I sketched out the rest of his body. Maybe if I do enough drawings of individual parts, I’ll be able to put them together into a cohesive whole someday. This method was good enough for students during The Renaissance; it should work for me. Right?

Roger Federer

Jeff — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:33:06 +0000

In keeping with my goal to draw more people, I decided to draw this pic of Roger Federer from a recent Sports Illustrated. This was my 2nd sketch, and the one I am happiest with.

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