Jennifer

RJ-Self Portrait

Sigh, a difficult drawing for me. I still have a way to go in drawing hair. I have to learn to get the nuances of that down.

A woman's hair seems to be easier for me, more flow to it. 

It is easy to be critical of how one looks to others. I can see all the flaws. Maybe others will not. 

I will redo it down the road as my skills improve, a before and after! Maybe no double chin? lol

This is not Man Thinking, more like Man With No Thoughts! Ha Ha

As always, doing my best

time for a cup of tea

ray

Angelina Jolie 2004

Humphrey Bogart - 1953

Woman Thinking

Sad Eyes

I have been fighting tiredness lately.

 I felt better today so I gave it a try.

I saw this over at Dragos.com. 

I hope I did it justice! 

There is a second part that I will try later.

thanks for stopping by.

ray

The Fist

Hand drawing continued

found

My try

My paper is a 50 lb. weight.

I have been advised to use 

250 lb. weight paper

which is rougher and holds charcoal better

The charcoal I used is a blunt type of material.

I think I need more of a pencil style

for more detail

coffee time

ray

first posted on R Jacob Post

on  April 26th, 2011

Egon Schiele-Wally Neuzil in Black Stockings, 1912

side by side

or 

top and bottom

as it were

The 

original I found

Egon Schiele-Wally Neuzil in Black Stockings, 1912

Courtesy of Richard Nagy Gallery, London

my effort

I used Derwent watercolor pencils

and added a bit of water to bring out 

the color

glad to be back drawing

time for a big cup of coffee!

ray

also found on R Jacob Post

My Drawing Journey, Part One

Repost

Recently I decided to draw everyday at lunch time at work.

I pop in my ear buds, turn up my music and get to drawing.

I want to work from photos eventually I think, that may change.

I will see as I go.

Something parts I drew I felt good about.

When annoyed, I x-it out, or slash through it in disgust.

Most of this is done on my lunch, time flies, I don't want to get back to work.

How good will I get by years end, we will see.

I was kind of nervous doing this in front of people at first.

People do come up to see what I am doing. A few shared that they drew also.

to be continued.

building on face structure

eyes, mouth, lips

flipping through a book

I thought I could draw the drawing

practice, practice

hands must be learned

eyes, hand grasping

first posted on R Jacob Post

2-15-2011

Sleeping Beauty

Started at lunch time on the 27th

left to do the next day was the right arm

and the squirrel.

I had forgotten my books and paper at home. 

I grabbed a book with Disney pictures, 

some regular copy paper

and went to work.

time for a big gulp of coffee

later

ray

first posted on R jacob Post on

March 2, 2011

Drawing Thumper, how I did it...

This is not meant to be a tutorial on how to do this. This is just how I currently am going about trying to recreate something on paper. I will get better ( I hope ) but as an artist once told me it is a process. Right now, this is mine.

Please click on the pictures, the first 2 are very faint.

Step One

step two

step three

step four

step five

the original copy

below

getting closer

and thanks for playing the game!

time for a cold one ( beer )!

ray

first published on 

R Jacob Post

5-20-2011

A Small Step

first posted on
R Jacob Post
March 3, 2011

William Blake-Newton

Picture found

William Blake- Newton 1795/circa 1805

My attempt

being that I am posting this Sunday night

I think a nightcap is in order

while I ponder is it a small success or

a learning step.

later

ray

also posted on R jacob Post

5-15-11

Keep Drawing In The Lines

Sometimes inspiration comes to a stop. The words that were dancing in my head seemed to have slowed down since I did the "wedding vows" for the lady at work. It is a mystery and I am awaiting something to happen.

But there seems an awakening in another form of drawing. I will see where this goes, but so far it has been satisfying. Here are some recent attempts.

The first one is a drawing I made from an  exercise I used in my instruction art book.  It is a knight on a horse. The trick was to turn the picture upside down and then draw it. My drawing was done upside down, and I had no idea what it would look like until I was done.

First the book....

and then my attempt, remember I did this upside down.

I got restless afterwards looking for something else to draw. I had gotten a hand drawn thank you card from my neighbor which looks like this.

This is what I did.

The horse I drew upside down, the man right side up. Which makes me wonder, how does drawing up-side down help the mind draw?

Anyway, not all music, or thoughts, or poems, there might be more to me to be unearthed, a lump of coal to turn into a diamond! The book does say a self portrait is in order. Must get back to work...

First Posted on R Jacob Post

December 3, 2010

First Drawing- Work Horse-The Beginning!

This was a gift from my neighbor after helping her 

with a few things around the house.

This is her work.

The bright spot is a light from above.

Sorry about that.

I thought I would try to draw it

This is my attempt below.

Everything has a beginning.

This is mine.

First published on November 24, 2010

on R jacob Post

Pen in hand

I thought I would give it a try.

 I wondered how to do color, 

something I don't know how to do yet.

so I decided to add a bit of color,

the shirt cuff and the pen.

and a bit of the brown ( box )? also.

coffee time

ray

Strange Tree

I saw this on Linda and her Twaddle. It reminded me of The Wizard of Oz movie and the walk through the scary forest. If you remember Dorthy and the scarecrow got the trees to throw apples at them so she could have something to eat.

This is my version. I am sure there are extra branches. I was getting dizzy at one point. I did the best I could. If you look closely, the tree is looking at her!

original post

on R Jacob Post

3-28-2011

House

The Fist

Hand drawing continued

found

My try

My paper is a 50 lb. weight.

I have been advised to use 

250 lb. weight paper

which is rougher and holds charcoal better

The charcoal I used is a blunt type of material.

I think I need more of a pencil style

for more detail

coffee time

ray

first posted 4-26-2011

on R Jacob Post

Change of Art

I felt stuck lately on doing faces, not happy with the results'

Here is a quick landscape drawing.

Grass, rocks, water flowing, trees.

A change of pace.

Literally,

back to the drawing board.

Ray

First posted March 27, 2011

on R Jacob Post