Mike's Sketch Blog

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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Rock n Roller...

Done for the WDE challenge on WetCanvas.

conte and charcoal on 9 X 12 Strathmore black Artagain paper.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Charcoal (Black) Knight...

Pardon the bad pun in the title... :oD

done for the Weekly Drawing Challenge on Wet Canvas. 18 X 14 cartridge paper.

Monday, August 03, 2009

Floppy Hat....

from a photo from Fort Edmonton Park. one of the employees in period costume at the 1920's midway. pastel and vine charcoal on 18 X 24 craft paper.

figure drawing classes...

took yet another figure drawing class. the ones i have taken before, had a specific goal in mind as to what i wanted to work on. this time i just went into it to see what would happen. i'm thinking that is the best approach!







Conch Player...

conte on 18 X 24" craft paper.

Sascha...

white charcoal pencil on 9 X 12 Strathmore Artagain paper.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Magic Bus...

this one was a lot of fun! conte on 9 X 12 strathmore artagain paper.

Mom's back! ...

another attempt at acrylics on water color paper this time.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Guardian Angel...

trying something new this weekend... went digital using Xara Xtreme (a vector package). the initial sketch plus the final digital rendering...



Sunday, June 07, 2009

Sock Monkey...

i used a corrugated sleeve from a Starbucks coffee as texture.

conte on 9 X 12 Canson sketch paper

Old Plymouth...

about 1958, but correct me if i'm wrong.

ink on 9 X 12 Bristol vellum.

Jack Big Plume...

drawn from a reference from the Glenbow Museum archives.

charcoal on 18 X 24 craft paper.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Tea Pot Still Life...

This is one i originally did a few months ago as a quickie in watercolor. i decided i could do better and took to art class and redid in acrylics. finally finished it this week. the original watercolor is in this blog somewhere too. happy hunting...lol! on 11 X 14 hardboard.