More With Copic Markers

Finally got ink for my pens and my Macbook running


Retouch this with a better pencil 1 hour


A cool dude I met in the Copenhagen airport




Ink wash


Graphite 2 hours this is a swedish nun a picture I pick up





I really enjoy working with these markers it is long process layering cool greys over warm greys


Pencil figure study 3 hours




32 hrs .....782 to go!!!!

A Bunch of stuff that has Been Stacking Up

I want to apologize up front on my lack of posting, I have not have my Mac working, but a new day has dawned. I have a new PowerBook, WooHoo so I now will have more pics.

Some of the following have been of my travels and and studying on line various artists such as Andrew Wyeth. I am excited to be in Malmo Sweden right now, it is cold here so I will be indoors touching up some of my earlier stuff.


It was nice to see many friends in the US, and I like how some folks asking me about what was up with my lack of post. I also want to thank my girl Sharayah for the Facebook encouragment.



These are views from on the Duomo in Florence Italy Top is the Left, Bottom is right.

Helga study Andrew Wyeth his stuff is remarkable, if you have never seen it Google him (use some adult eyes) what I think is so cool he is a tempra and water color guy it is hard to get the realism with those tools. This about 7 Hours with pencil.



Old guy from a painting I can't remember, sorry.

Also a Florence drawing I sat amazed at Micheangelo's David, For one the it is about 18 feet tall. The other thing sitting there you think he is getting tired standing there and he going to walk away kick Goliath's Butt. The vien of the marble looks as if should be veins of his skin especially on his hands and feet.



Untitled for now


25 hours more....814 to go!!!!

Micheangelo, Leonardo and people and things I see

A whirlwind of a tour Florence, Rome and Milan I have seen alot. Uffizi is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the world. The Vatican Art Museum, Milan Gallary to name a few......Botticelli, Da Vinci, Rapheal, Michealangelo there everywhere. well here are some drawing of the things I have seen.






25 hours more....

More People I See and Mario

I been drawing quite alot these few days going to my favorite Cafe', indoors of course it snowing for the pass 3 days. So I got to draw plenting of customers, except there short headed girl is a model from an art book, since I stayed in one day to draw. and of course the Mario I did when waiting for Marla at the Gamestop Warehouse. Plenty of characters all over place there.



Mario done pencil and Copic Markers




Aysun just started to Ink her then she left


After Aysun left in the middle, I stayed with this one with pencil and it is easier to add and subtract(erase and layer)with a pencil, even when they leave. I worked on this one at home for 2.5 hours, FYI using pencil I am also able to stay with the same stroke. If I change to pen it is weighs a little heaver and feels different, not bad just different and of course no erasing with marker.


Tina never turned around Markers



18 more hours...864 hours to go!!!!!

The People I See

Being a regular at a Cafe' I gets some little perks, I get the couch to sit on the rest is chairs. a long coffee table to put my stuff, and a great hostess( she is actually great to everyone). I get a get place to people watch and draw they when they least suspect. I do get caught too, a couple guys from Turkey named Kuddis and Ozcan saw me spying then were happy that I was drawing them, it still didn't keep them still.
Speakin of which is probably the hardest thing about what i am doing most people don't keep still, it is really not thier job any way. I like doing this gecause they are naturally relaxing and being who they are. This has helped me get faster in my sketching, get the main gestures or body language then working from memory. A few times I get I steal a photo with my itouch and work a bit from that. This is from a couple days at the cafe'.

This is the view from where I sit on a comfy couch


Kuddis and Ozcan

Karen and some customers......I broke 100 hours on this one!!!!!!!!

More customers





Breaking 100 hours is so sweet.

21 hours with 882 hours to go!!!!

Some Drawings I Missed Publishing

I still have I haven't showed I got my Mac not talking to me right now so photos from my iPhone I can't retreive.

Lady at the Copenhagen Airport

Statues at the Hamlet.
On our last day in Sweden, we drove up the coast to Helsingborg. We discovered that there was a castle across the water, in Denmark, called "The Hamlet", the inspiration of Shakespeare's play. It's origins date back to 1499.

Quick 2 minute gestures

More Stuff I have seen and drawn

I am starting with a Apology , I have a problem with adding some pictures to my blog because my iPhoto isn't working. Also, So many of my small Artist trading cards I have given away I didn't get photos of, but I do have a few. I will add more comments as the day goes on. I want to thank the many of the people I met in the Copenhagen airport, My new friend from Uruguay you very gracious with your words and I hope you become a follower.

Marker and Pencil

The only Viking dude in the US I know is Thor from Marvel Comics, I gave this to our swedish host Helena and Martin, who provide a traditional swedish faire I cannot pronounced but tasted great. They are fans of the Big Bang Theory so we saw 2 episodes.

I went to a malmo castle museum which had all kinds of things, an aquarium, a natural history museum, a prison museum, an armory, a Nelson Mandela retrospect, art museum etc. this drawing is from a photo I saw in the prison section, she one of the many executed in this prision she was killed for not being able to take care of her children. For some reason I was drawn to her eyes.

Quick drawing with an ink brush


10 hours ...903 hours to go !!!!!