Posted 20 Dec 2010 · Report post Last night I wanted to work on a self-portrait, and what started as my usual outline very quickly became a full sketch. I was pretty startled by the result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Dec 2010 · Report post Last night I wanted to work on a self-portrait, and what started as my usual outline very quickly became a full sketch. I was pretty startled by the result.Bryson, as I noted on FB, the eyes are alive with a glad intelligence. I see, too, that the mouth helps to affirm the sense of a considering mind. Very well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 20 Dec 2010 · Report post Last night I wanted to work on a self-portrait, and what started as my usual outline very quickly became a full sketch. I was pretty startled by the result.That's so YOU that you might consider using it as your avatar or on Facebook. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Dec 2010 · Report post That's so YOU that you might consider using it as your avatar or on Facebook.Good idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 21 Dec 2010 · Report post Bryson, you are really developing into an excellent portrait artist. This picture, your eyes, really grab the viewer. Kudos! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 Dec 2010 · Report post Bryson, you are really developing into an excellent portrait artist. This picture, your eyes, really grab the viewer. Kudos! Thanks! Yes I'm getting good feedback about the eyes on this one. Actually the best compliment I received was that the eyes were a little unnerving, piercing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Feb 2011 · Report post I do enjoy portraits... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Feb 2011 · Report post I do enjoy portraits...Wow, Bryson! She just makes me want to smile! She is so confidently at peace with herself and the world, at rest and so alive! Great job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 4 Feb 2011 · Report post Very good, thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Feb 2011 · Report post Jewel Staite? Nicely done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 5 Feb 2011 · Report post If I were the young lady in the drawing, I'd be very impressed with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Feb 2011 · Report post Brian, Ray, L-C and Betsy, thank you! Yes, she's Jewel Staite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Mar 2011 · Report post I was looking out a window and there was something I liked about the shadows in this scene. So I took a picture to draw from later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 6 Mar 2011 · Report post I was looking out a window and there was something I liked about the shadows in this scene. So I took a picture to draw from later.What I particularly like about your drawings are the selectivity -- here the interesting shadows -- and the stylization -- how you you emphasize the essence of the visual aspect you have chosen. It works! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 7 Mar 2011 · Report post What I particularly like about your drawings are the selectivity -- here the interesting shadows -- and the stylization -- how you you emphasize the essence of the visual aspect you have chosen. It works!Thank you Betsy. It's very freeing to realize that you can create whatever you want, that you aren't just copying what's there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 12 May 2011 · Report post The view from a place I wait for the metro. As much as I like drawing portraits, I've wanted to mix it up, develop some other skills. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 30 May 2011 · Report post Nice work bborg I wouldn't be able to draw if my life depended on it but I thought I'd post some of my wife's stuff that I really love (with her permission of course).This one's called "Shine". The dark spot is actually because of a drop of water and unintentional but I still love this drawing very much.This one's called "Daydreaming", which name I find very apt for its accurate description of the dreamy look on the girl's face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 14 Dec 2011 · Report post MRZ, I agree the expressions in your wife's drawings are very good, and I like all the detail she put into them.I've drawn a few things since I've posted here last, but here's my favorite. I started experimenting with colored pencils, and after a couple minor "projects" I took on a portrait of a friend and her daughter (it was again, using a photo). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 14 Dec 2011 · Report post MRZ, I agree the expressions in your wife's drawings are very good, and I like all the detail she put into them.I've drawn a few things since I've posted here last, but here's my favorite. I started experimenting with colored pencils, and after a couple minor "projects" I took on a portrait of a friend and her daughter (it was again, using a photo).Very nice. Is that a mother and daughter? They look alike.ruveyn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 15 Dec 2011 · Report post Thanks Ruveyn! Yes, they are mother and daughter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 15 Dec 2011 · Report post What I love about your drawings is the way you essentialize. With a few well chosen stylized lines and areas of light and shadow you capture the delight of a relationship between a mother and daughter who really enjoy each other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 15 Dec 2011 · Report post I agree with Betsy, there's an "expression economy" used here. That which is to be told with just what it needs to do so. The result is very agreeable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 15 Dec 2011 · Report post Thank you Betsy and L-C. I'm glad that I risked doing it in color, which I don't have much experience with. I was afraid of ruining it, but I'm proud of the result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 17 Dec 2011 · Report post I like the way you pick and present your subjects. It's always about THAT particular moment, or thing. For example your drawing of that saxophone, which doesn't look just like some random drawing exercise but rather like something precious that has meaning. All your drawings have that quality. Your latest is a lovely moment between mother and daughter. I'm sure you had lots of moments to choose from, and you made an excellent decision. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 18 Dec 2011 · Report post I like the way you pick and present your subjects. It's always about THAT particular moment, or thing. For example your drawing of that saxophone, which doesn't look just like some random drawing exercise but rather like something precious that has meaning. All your drawings have that quality. Your latest is a lovely moment between mother and daughter. I'm sure you had lots of moments to choose from, and you made an excellent decision.Yes! When I do draw it's because I've found something that makes me think "that would be a good drawing". So really all the subjects are precious to me in one way or another. Sometimes it's obvious, like the one of my dad or my sister and her husband, but sometimes not. That one of the tree and lampost for example - I'd seen that tree many times without thinking about it, but one day I looked outside and my eye just kept going back to it. There was something so alluring about all the shadows being cast, so I took a picture and drew it later. I can't do "drawing exercises". I've tried to just sit and draw, but I find it pointless and boring because I only want to draw things that are beautiful or interesting to me. And I'm very picky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
