Jan 10 2012
Well, this was kind of an accidental #PortraitNight. I’d selected a picture of Newt Gingrich from the most recent TIME Magazine to draw, but before settling down to drawing I decided to put on a record. Near the top of the stack was Pete Townshend ‘s Empty Glass–and after putting it on I wound up …
Jan 04 2012
Update: I’m still not really happy with this one, but given that my next portrait is due tomorrow, I went ahead and wrapped this one up. So, here you go: Chris and Rich Robinson, (Original post below.) So, once again “real life” is interfering with my #PortraitNight project/ritual, but since I’m an hour late at …
Dec 27 2011
As with last week’s #PortraitNight drawing, this one’s kinda lame. The holidays brouhaha is killing me, people! I promise: before I complete my year of weekly portraits, I’ll do at least one more that I can spend some time on and get a decent image from. In the meantime, here’s a quick Margaret Thatcher: As …
Dec 21 2011
I’m so busy with pre-Christmas stuff that I almost punted on this evening’s #PortraitNight drawing. Here, though, is a quick and sloppy drawing of Roy Harper. My apologies for the cruddy cell phone pics, but it’s far far too late to crank up the ol’ scanner. Edit – here’s a scanned image: And here’s the …
Dec 13 2011
So, for this week’s #PortraitNight drawing, instead of just breaking out the sketchbook and drawing someone, I decided to subject myself to a taste of my own medicine and do a caricature exercise I occasionally make my students do when I teach comics classes. The exercise is one of Ted Stearn’s (of Fuzz and Pluck …
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