WIP
8/31/2012 01:37:00 PM Edit This 8 Comments »
It's been mighty dry around here. The farmer's field of soybeans behind us is turning yellow. Corn is troubled, the grass is mostly brown and crispy, and flowers are dying despite my efforts at watering them. But that's not the only dryness. It's been a long, dry, spell for me artistically, too. Oh, I've been busy with different things (including a wonderful week with our children and grandchildren!), but that aside, I've had trouble even coming up with something to draw.
So, I decided to return to an old standby .... copying portraits done by masters in pencil. It's satisfying, challenging, and difficult for me, so it seems to fit the bill. I've chosen to do William Warham, by Holbein. There's something wrong with my scanner and it takes an impossibly long time to scan something, so for now all I'm posting is my beginning sketch. When I have more time, I'll also post the original that I'm working from. One of the things I like about doing this is that I can sit on our front porch in the evening and do a bit of drawing while my sweetie reads the paper or plays with his iPad. Even Abby, the dog, likes it!
So, here he is!
So, I decided to return to an old standby .... copying portraits done by masters in pencil. It's satisfying, challenging, and difficult for me, so it seems to fit the bill. I've chosen to do William Warham, by Holbein. There's something wrong with my scanner and it takes an impossibly long time to scan something, so for now all I'm posting is my beginning sketch. When I have more time, I'll also post the original that I'm working from. One of the things I like about doing this is that I can sit on our front porch in the evening and do a bit of drawing while my sweetie reads the paper or plays with his iPad. Even Abby, the dog, likes it!
So, here he is!
