graphite scratchings

So a new sketchbook.  The first is carbonicles - it actually does pretty well for that "fog" effect, which is what was going on that day.  We also have a house, a curb and some neat tower-y things that are in WhiteMan Bay outside the Oasis bank - all in rootish 4B.  Snow escapes me.  Also, instruments.

finally got some gas for the scanner

So here we are, a van, some locals waiting for the bus, and back to the roots.  I think I missed the snow bus, though.  Anyway, this completes the first sketchbook!  On to the next!

simplified

I went back to Jonah. That image still hasn't been "realized." I think I lack the reference images for a"by memory" sketch, and i lack the ability to accomplish photo realism in drawing to accomplish it. I also think Ratio is a huge element to making this composition look good. I don't have that either. So i started playing with different ways to express the idea. Then i was watching an episode of LA Ink (a show about a tattoo shop) and i thought about tribal art. that's what lead to the second image. What do you think?

FF Snow

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KEEPING AT IT CHALLENGE "Roots & Snow"

Let's return to our first favorite medium--graphite pencil. See if it has changed since we've been away.

Let's draw snow--before it's all gone and I don't ever see it again. Should be easy--leave the paper white. (So I guess we're drawing around snow.)

Got your drawing book along? Everybody's got five minutes! Get the first line down on the page.

Til Roots-Snow Saturday--March 20 (Spring!). Post at will.

FF Tuning Knobs

A difficult subject--but fascinating. Lots of room for poetry and music, but I want to learn to know the subject first, and that takes the careful looking of a "photo-realistic" approach.