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One thing I think makes sketchbooks truly beautiful, aside from the obvious, is lettering. I am very envious of those with beautiful handwriting along side their drawings. You would never guess I spent a summer learning cursive before we had even had it in school. Or that I had a […]

Sketch-A-Long

January 12, 2016 in Sketch-A-Long tagged Art / drawing / sketch / sketchbook by Elisha

Happy Holidays! Here is my very quick, 5 minute or less sketch of Gunnar in his Christmas lights headband.

Sketch-A-Long

December 17, 2015 in Sketch-A-Long tagged Art / drawing / sketch by Elisha

Here’s this week’s sketch. I wanted to be funny and draw something everyone who really knows me has seen. My grumpy “leave me alone in eating and trying to remember how to function” look. This is a time I could have used a kneaded eraser to pick out some highlights, […]

Sketch-A-Long

December 10, 2015 in Sketch-A-Long tagged Art / drawing / sketch by Elisha

Last week we went over values a little bit and I gave you a quick exercise. I recommend doing that exercise with every drawing tool you use, especially if you are a beginner. If you have a set of pencils, do one with every single pencil. You will see the […]

Sketch-A-Long

December 8, 2015 in Oops! I forgot to pick a category! tagged Art / drawing / sketch by Elisha

Last week we discussed 3 values. Shadow, mid-tone, highlight. Obviously, values are infinite and the more you have the more realistic your sketch will appear. One exercise that will help you see and achieve more subtle values in your drawing is the study above. Draw a long rectangle and split […]

Sketch-A-Long

December 1, 2015 in Sketch-A-Long tagged draw / sketch / sketch-a-long by Elisha

News: Two of my WIPs are online at DeviantArt. The link is to the left. I have two more, but one is a surprise and they both need to be finished by Friday. I don’t want to take the time to load them twice in a few days because I […]

Mouth and Chin

February 24, 2009 in Sketches tagged artwork / graphite / mouth and chin / pencil sketch / sketch / sketches by Elisha

I have started to turn this blog over to the sketchbook. I deleted most of my old assignments, except a few that I deemed necessary to show my progress over the last three years as well as paintings from last semester. I think that it is important to show my […]

One more thang….

February 20, 2009 in From Me To You tagged Painting / progress / sketch by Elisha

This is over a couple of days. Maybe 3 or 4 hours total.

Sketchbook 2

October 18, 2008 in Water Color Painting tagged Art / artwork / sketch / Watercolor by Elisha

Last one

Contours

March 16, 2006 in Contour tagged Art / artwork / color pencil / contour / pencil / sketch by Elisha

Contour

March 16, 2006 in Contour tagged Art / artwork / color pencil / contour / drawing / pencil / sketch by Elisha

These are the contours I stayed after class to do. Well a small sample of them any way.

Contours

March 16, 2006 in Contour tagged artwork / color pencil / contours / drawing / pencil / pencil sketch / sketch by Elisha

Another gesture, same woman

Gestures

March 16, 2006 in Sketches tagged anatomy / Art / drawing / gesture / pencil / sketch by Elisha

This is the second line drawing I did. I got a lot farther on this and I think the only thing the teacher did was the lines on the face.

Line Drawings

March 16, 2006 in Sketches tagged Art / artwork / line drawing / pencil / pencil sketch / sketch by Elisha