I like the direction I'm goin' with 

the colored pencils...just hate that there

are still so many things to fix.

Detail from below...

This one was fun...

I put my favorite type of sink 

behind him. Still too cartoony for 

my tastes...trying to figure out 

why my linework is coming out

that way...must be some setting

on my pencils.

Going to do a whole bunch of these shirtless 

men in jeans...cause I like looking a them!

Still somethings to fix...but basically this is it.

J contacted me out of the blue and wanted to model

so I said...DUH! Yes...of course...the last one of the day 

is when I am warmed up and lines are flowing.

These are the warmups...just conte 

on white. The first one up there 

is the only one I like...of the three.

Legs are wonky on this one...

Proportions are off on this one...

Quintessential torso for me....

this is on a scrap of sanded pastel stock

very small...only about 6" x 9"

Retouched just a bit...Like them 

better now.

In trying to draw everyday,

I snuck a coffee the other day

and sat and sketched. The angles on this 

sketch above are soooo bad. I could 

blame it on the small table in the back 

corner I was at...but I won't. Just me.

This guy was making all the girls

giggle and when he left they debated

his name. They all agreed it started 

with "handsome".

When I worked as a carpenter, I promised myself

I would go to sites and draw. Have not done it.

Seeing this manlift reminded me how much

I enjoy drawing machinery and heavy equipment.

My son "owed" me some chores, 

so I had him model. Trying some new

things with washes and pastels. 

Still too cartoony for my taste.

Callan. Trying to sketch the kids as much

as possible lately. Here, she is playing with 

her older brother's IPOD...

This drawing is a commission. A life 

drawing with anatomical details for a chiropractor's 

office. About 32" x 40".... It is not finished yet. 

I can see several things I need to fix...

but I like the aspect of classical feel

tied to the anatomical. 

2 (crummy) pastels...I like what I learned in these, 

but they could be so much better!

Don't know why these are so hard 

to see...I apologize. 

Gestures...again. Really need to do

more of these. Had some time

with a model today...and 

had some fun for the first time

in a while.

These range from 2 minutes to 10..

the ones with some shadows laid in.

This one was when he was reaching

for the rebar in the loft above him

and his legs were tensed so well.

I really am pleased with how 

the model's right leg, especially 

the knee turned out. 

He actually did several chinups

on a piece of rebar I have in the 

studio. Installed in the loft to hang

things...it works for models

to pose from!

Wanting to really use this great blue

paper (by Canal) to a new extent...

tried some soft pastels for the first 

time in a long time. With black conte.

Plan to do a little more with this one.

Gestures...

Gestures...the life's blood of drawing.