Sketch of the month

Ahhhhhh!

I thought I better put something up, I did it over christmas when I had some time for such endeavors.

Facial Expressions continue

Another sketch using the Facial expressions book as a model. I did it last year around Christmas.

Amy Winehouse

I did this around Christmas. She is a character all by herself.

Boom Chicka Boom

Me a long time ago. check out my pants!

AHHHHHH!

Well it has been a very busy New Year for me. Here is a sketch I did over the Christmas weekend.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

This is my submission for Sketch-o-Holic's Surprise!

Facial Expression #2

Here is a drawing from a photograph out of the "Facial Expressions" book.
Ball point pen 6" x 8"

The Lady

This is from a picture out of the book "Facial Expressions A Visual Reference for Artists" there are plenty of pictures to practice on in there. I'll be posting more from there as we go.
Ronnie

A Caricaturists Handbook

This is another "Master Study" out of "A Caricaturists Handbook" by Jim Van Der Keyl. I appoligize for the poor quality scan, it seems I may never get that figured out. : )

I love how he pushed the exaggeration on this one, I still have trouble with that.

Freehand Ballpoint Pen on 6" x 8" Sketchpad.

Jim Van Der Keyl Master Copy

I've been trying to learn Caricatures. I have the Jason Seiler "Sketching" DVD and I'm using his Sketching technique. I also recently bought "A Caricaturists Handbook" by Jim Van Der Keyl. These are both great learning tools. This sketch is a copy out of the Book. not a Trace but a copy. I used a ballpoint pen, so all the imperfections are there. Jason Seiler recommends just sketching with the pen and leaving the working lines etc... in the drawing, that is what I'm doing. So, there are oddities that are hard to fix. It is just a sketch and I feel it gives them a little personality. Let me know your thought all comments negative or otherwise are appreciated.



It is done with ballpoint pen on a 6" x 8" Sketch pad.
Ronnie

In memory of John Lennon

This is a sketch I did in memory of John Lennon. You'll notice sevel smaller drawings within it. I was trying different ideas with thumbnail sketches, none any good, then decided to practice Yoko's nose. I just kept going. done with ballpoint pen on 51/2"x8" sketchbook. I love your music John. you have my condolences Yoko and the rest of the families. Ronnie

Mick Jagger

Ok, here is a little bit of old Mick Jagger. I should have gone crazy exaggerating him, but I went easy on this first sketch. I plan to push it a little more on further sketches.

Jimmy Page

Here is another Sketch in the cross-hatching style I learned from Jason Seiler.

Clapton Caricature

Here is my Caricature sketch of Clapton. This was hard to do from the poor photo I had. It has issues, I'm not sure what though. any ideas?

Jason Seiler Master Copy

About a year ago I started this Blog. I was inspired by Jason Seiler's work and his Sketching DVD. I started the blog and put my sketches up to keep me motivated. Some were good some were just terrible, and I've experimented with different styles trying to find myself. I watched Jason's DVD again over Thanksgiving and learned more and decided to try some of the things that so inspired me to start a sketchbook a year ago. This is from a paused screen on his DVD I really want to do Caricatures/Portraits. I don't want photo realistic but I want them to be recognizable and Fun. I'll post more as I go. I still can't get the Scanner thing figured out but anyway. : )

It is Ballpoint pen in a sketchbook about 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Horace the Hammer Sketch-O-Holics

This is for sketch-o-holics too. I kind of blew it on this one, the idea was to do an 1800's era fighter, which I was trying to do, but it came out very modern looking in the end. In retrospect I guess the gloves modernized it, or possibly the colors. Everyone else had much different color schemes, maybe they weren't primary, I'm not sure what they did but I'm going to try and figure it out for the next fighter. I'm also trying to find a style that I like. I did have fun.

Sketchbook Pro "Long-tail"

This is my sketch for the "Long-tail" contest at Sketch-o-Holics.
I didn't win (or get a vote) but I learned a little more on this one. Done on the iPad with Sketchbook Pro.

Sketch-o-Holics Horn

I found a great place to build my skills. it is called Sketch-o-Holics check it out. They have a topic and a certain amount of time to do it in. it's a lot of fun, I've learned a great deal just in the 3 drawings I've submitted. Someone actually voted for one of my submissions, I was on top of the world, only one vote, but it was a vote : ) this is my entry into Horns.

done in Sketchbook Pro on an iPad.

Django

here is a sketch of my tired little buddy.

done with Sketchbook on the iPad

Horse sketch

My daughter-in-law wants me to make some cartoony pictures of farm animals to put on the wall of the baby's room. So I've started throwing time and energy at it hoping I can get something that looks good. I have an ipad and I'm using it to make these sketches. It isn't the best thing in the world, pretty limited in what you can do, but it is convenient and allows me to save my work easily. thoughts and criticisms are appreciated.

This is about 5 minutes work just a rough sketch quickly colored, without any reference photo's, but I'm hoping to give them a lively feeling.

Ronnie