New Easel

Nelson Cropley and I made this. Thanks Nelson.

Front Portrait

Front

Head Studies and anatomy

Tree

Good resources to look into.

http://www.amateurillustrator.com

http://bartsearsart.com/

http://idol-head.blogspot.com

http://crmdcomics.blogspot.com

http://drawn.ca/

http://picturebookillustration.blogspot.com/

http://www.comicartfans.com

http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?98140-Mr-Hatfield-s-sketch-party
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http://www.youtube.com/user/Cre8tivemark

http://markmcdonnell.blogspot.com/

More HEAD perspective

More HEAD skull anatomy

Still more work on the human skull/HEAD. Couldn't seem to work out some of the problems I have been having with perspective in different angles. Think I almost got it. I love Riven Pheonix.

Skull

Mastering the human skull is basic to becoming a good portrait artist. Like building a house... the framing holds up the house and gives it its depth and mass.

Pencils I am using

These are the pencils that I am currently using. I have expensive artists pencils 8B-HB-F- all the way to 9H, but I use these pencils that my father gave to me over 10 years ago. Oh, how I am my fathers son. Thanks Dad :)

Daily work

Daily drawing.

Flowers Finished - Almost

Almost complete.

Flowers

Something I am working on for my wife's birthday tomorrow. Hope she doesn't look at this web site today... !

Bruce Lee

This is an Illustration done in pencil. I stink at pen and ink so I used Photoshop to make this look like a pen and ink drawing.

Self Portrait of Me !

Well, I learned that I shouldn't try to erase with the wrong end of a grease pencil. I was about 90% done with this self portrait and I put a nasty streak with a grease pencil... that I cannot remove.

Graphite Pencil Study

This is nothing special. It's a pencil study of a new graphite pencil set I just purchased

Another - Graphite Pencil Study

Graphite Pencils B-9H

HEAD study

Started out drawing my daughter. Ended up without a model and finished using my imagination. Eye spacing wrong.

Human HEAD

Working on human head without model, from imagination.

Anatomy Speed tests

Working without a model. Speed drawing human anatomy.

Focus Human Anatomy

I am currently working on improving my understanding of pencil illustration. My focus rite now is human anatomy.

Some of the books I am studying from are [Author/book]

Bourn Hogarth - Dynamic Figure Drawing, Drawing the Human Head, Drawing Dynamic Hands
Andrew Loomis - Successful Drawing
Christopher Hart - Drawing Cutting Edge Anatomy, Drawing Cutting Edge Comics

Also, I am currently working myself through a 5 DVD course on Drawing Anatomy from imagination.

Riven Phoenix - The Structure of Man [5 DVD set]

What an extraordinary learning tool for someone like me who needs to understand every detail of the human figure in intimate detail. I highly recommend it. If you need to know every detail of the human figure... whatever he is now charging for it... its dirt cheap when you factor in what you get out of it.