Teenager In Pencil part two-three

I kind of jumped the gun and combined part two and three

in this drawing.

I am not yet happy with this

I hope the final part will fare better

As always, I try my best

Teenager In Pencil Part One

Resisting the urge to do the finally drawing, I will do this in stages like in the book, adding detail as I go along.

I hope it improves, you will be the judge...

His and Her Hand

Arm With Dark Drapery

Torso and Arm

Can You Ear Me?

Faces

I will admit

that I struggle at times

to get it just right

the book shows different stages

of the drawing using 

charcoal, graphite, pencil and conte.

Right now, these are barebones

drawings, but they came out 

reasonably well.

Once my confidence is back in full

I will take on the more complicated

stuff.

And if you have been here before

you might think you have seen some things before.

You are right.

Back to the basics!

The Nose Knows

I tried today

different stages and views

of the nose

As with any part by itself

it might seem unfinished.

One day I will draw without thinking

it will flow

until then 

practice!

Here is looking at you!

Another exercise

3 stages of the eye

bringing out more detail

in each one

love this book!

30 to 60 minutes

each day

not too mentally tiring 

that is the key

keep it fun

coffee time

ray

Hands Searching For Glasses

All Hands On Deck

Hand Hanging On!

practice
practice
practice

ray

Page after Page

drawing a woman's mouth and lips

most of the time

full and rich

a guys not so much

as you can see

not everything comes out quite 

the way I want

I like doing hands

maybe some day

I will specialize

right now

I am clueless

more Friday

early work day tomorrow

might not have time

coffee time

ray

Draw Fast, No Thinking Allowed

draw fast

let it flow

don't worry about results

confidence

don't judge 

leave that for others

draw and be happy!

coffee time
back tomorrow

ray

If Your Brain Is Rusty, Go Back To The Begining

My drawing feels rusty and not flowing so I decided to go back to were I started.

for real, back to the drawing board!

The Google Art Project

Please click on the title to get to the web site!

I get the Art Knowledge news letter several times a week. As I scroll through the different painting and articles, looking for something of interest, I spotted this link. googleartproject.com

On occasion, Google does something wonderful, something no one else would think of, this is one of those times.

NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, along with 16 other art museums from the United States, Europe, and Russia, is collaborating with Google on the Art Project, a website that enables users to discover and view more than 1,000 artworks online in extraordinary detail. The site launched today and can be explored at googleartproject.com. Over the last 18 months, Google worked with a range of museums, including four from the United States: MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection, and the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington. The partnership involved taking a selection of extremely high resolution images of famous artworks, as well as collating more than 1,000 other images into one place. It also included capturing 360-degree tours of individual galleries using Street View "indoor" technology. With this unique project, anyone anywhere in the world will be able to learn about the history and artists behind a huge number of works, at the click of a mouse. 
Each of the museums worked in extensive collaboration with Google, providing expertise and guidance on every step of the project, from choosing which collections to feature, to advising on the best angle to capture photos, to determining what kind of information should accompany the artwork. Each museum selected one artwork to be photographed in extraordinary detail using super high resolution, or "gigapixel" photo-capturing technology. MoMA's gigapixel photo is of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889). Each image contains around 7 billion pixels, enabling the viewer to study details of the brushwork and patina beyond that possible with the naked eye. In addition, museums provided images for a selection totalling more than 1,000 works of art. The resolution of these images, combined with a custom-built zoom viewer, allows art-lovers to discover minute aspects of paintings they may never have seen up close before. The gigapixel image of The Starry Night is accompanied by a MoMA-produced video that features visitors' points of view of the painting.

If you like art or want to know more, this is an easy way to see great works of art on your computer screen!

and now for a viewing cup of coffee

ray