Wednesday Night Life Drawing

Here are my sketches from life drawing last night. We had two excellent models. Pastel and charcoal in such a small format is not as fun. Need to buy more big paper.


I like this image because it has nice strong lines. I ended up putting a lot of lines in my drawings last night.


This drawing I did almost entirely with a kneadable eraser. Problem with that is the lack of value change. Oh well, I thought it was nice.

I tried to crop this image closer, which I think worked. Here you can see those lines again. haha.

Ah, the umbrella scene. I thought up the lighting for this first. Unfortunately, my paper was under-tall.

The Valkaries. (classical music and life drawing, what do you expect)

This pose was actually natural for the model. I wish I had more time to work on the hands.

I love this pose. The lighting was perfect, and it was 15 minutes so we had time. This was actually the first pose of the night.

This was the last pose of the night. Both models together. I went for the crayons, but thinking I still needed bigger paper.

BIG MOON

This will probably end up as a painting. It's been hard to watch the road on the way home lately, because the sky has been so awsome. Plus, I read online (I know) that the Moon was suppose to be really close the other day. It was a great show.

Storm Coming to Shore

Here's a small painting I finished for the crawl.

Inspiration and no Materials

Went to "Collage 151" opening at the M2 Gallery in September. The show was a collection of collage pieces by Patrick Palmer. I was really inspired by the use of maps in some of his peices. I had the idea for some collages of my own. A series I'm calling Star Maps. Still trying to work out the media. I've was separated from my art supplies, which were in my studio in Houston. After the hurricane, it's taken a while to get back up there. Of course it was Sunday when I was working on these two mockups, so the only place to get art supplies was Walmart.

These two sketches were done after the mockups. I'm still working on it.

Son of Tron

Well I know that this is an Art Blog, but it's also the only blog I really have now. So here's something sort of art related. Cosmic Bowling.

We went out last night to the local bowling alley. I'm glad I don't have seizures, but at first it was a little tricky aiming with the lights dancing on the floor. Still I almost broke 100, haha. Oh yes, the art part. With the black lights on, I loved the way the bowling shoes looked. It reminded me of Tron. I intend to do something artistic with this. Just you wait.

Brazosport Art League Daytime Model

Here are some sketches from the daytime life drawing session at the Brazosport Art League. Didn't have enough time to really work on the face. Anyway, learned a lot in preparation for the first night-time session. Can't wait.

Onion Moon Sketch

Here is the latest Glassell post. I wanted to do a painting with an onion moon, and this ended up being a sketch for that painting. It's charcoal and pastel on collaged tissue paper. I really liked it.

Night Sky

While walking home last night, I looked up and saw the smooth low clouds tear open, to reveal the high islands swimming past the moon. The air was cool, and the ground felt extremely solid and deep.

Light in the Grass

Another set painting. While walking to the store I got this great shot of a street light shining down on the grass. A mixture of nature and man's creation.

Cloud Stage

Sometimes things flatten out when I start to think about them, like stage sets. Here the cloud is reflected in the ground, continuing the flattening and simplifying.

Cloud Light

The sky is full of light and color, you just need a canvas to paint it on. I have always been fascinated with clouds, their forms and colors.