It took me four days to do it, but I think I finally created a passable portrait of Christopher Walken, which is good since it’s on my list of 32 things to do before I turn 33 and my birthday is coming up!
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Day 287: Watercolor Woman
Last Saturday, I pulled out my watercolors and did this portrait. It was fun, and it made me realize that I definitely need to start doing more watercolor stuff again.
Day 262: Dinner in Rome
One evening while I was in Rome, I met up with a group of people for dinner through the CouchSurfing website. It was a lovely little evening with a group of interesting people from around the world.
Day 254: Old Woman
On Monday, I did a portrait of an old woman in pencil. This is probably one of the first times I’ve ever drawn an older person, and it was pretty interesting. I never really thought about the time and effort it takes to draw the many wrinkles a person acquires over the years. I could have spent days on this drawing.
Day 250: Friends
My roomie Jenny had some friends in town last week, so I had the chance to do some simple sketches of them and of Jenny, which was pretty cool.
Day 212: Self-portraits
On Monday, I took a few pictures of myself…
Day 211: Christopher Walken #2
On Sunday, I worked on a second attempt at a Christopher Walken portrait, since making a drawing of Walken is a goal of mine on my list of 32 things to do before I turn 33. I must say, this portrait is definitely better than the last one, but I don’t think I’d call it passable yet. Maybe next time!
Day 205: Alexis Krauss
A while back I had a free subscription to Spin magazine, and I got an issue with a picture of Alexis Krauss from Sleigh Bells on the cover that I really liked. I saved the magazine so that I could draw her at some point, which I did last night.
It doesn’t look too much like her because I did it in less than 15 minutes and didn’t try too hard to measure out her face mentally, I guess because I wanted it to be more fluid. I think it worked out.
Day 192: Girl
On Tuesday, I made a doodle of a girl, which was actually inspired by three different sketches. This sketch by Berlin-based graphic designer and illustrator Ekaterina Koroleva is what inspired the hair. This sketch by Tom Cardo-Moreno inspired the lined detailing of the lips and sweater, and this last funny sketch by Kris Atomic inspired the facial features.
Day 185: Friend
So, I don’t have much experience doing life drawing, but a friend of mine who studied art in school is a big fan of it. Last night, we were all sitting around relaxing in another friend’s parent’s backyard, and he was doing tons of drawings of people. While he was sketching, we talked a lot about why he likes it–he loves the challenge of catching a person in a moment and capturing that person and that moment in a drawing.
Hearing him talk about this really inspired me so I decided to draw one of my friends who happened to be sitting across from me.
It was hard for me. I don’t feel like I got down the things I really wanted to capture–the slope of her neck or the feminine nature of her left eyebrow–but I do feel like I caught something. I think I caught her listening or maybe trying to understand and take part in a conversation with a group of friends. I like that.
