Month: November 2014
197 Portrait of Miles Davis
See th original here This portrait ended up pretty jazzy – Maybe I got a little carried away. I think it’s really fun to start a drawing with a really fuzzy approximation with a light H4 pencil – this allows me to use my intuition a bit and just moving the pencil around in a … Read more
196 Portrait of John Coltrane
Here‘s the original I thought I’d try repeating the succes with my Thelonius Monk sketch yesterday, by doing another jazz-hero. It’s not quite as good, but I’m not complaining !
194 Portrait of Jack Nicholson
See the original here It doesn’t look that much like Nicholson – maybe some facial features are slightly out of proportion. Two steps forward, one step back !
193 Portrait of David Lynch
See the original here I think I’m making great progres with my portraits! So I’m padding myself on the shoulder a bit. Are you guys realizing that I’ll soon be drawing my drawing number 200? It’s been some 2½ months and I’m really enjoying myself! What will it be? Does anybody have any suggestions to … Read more
191 Portrait of Steven Van Zandt
See the original here Back from the night shift in my usual zombie-like state. I read an article in the newspaper during the night, about Steven Van Zandt, whom i know from Sopranos – I didn’t know that the guy is also the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen.. Apparently he’s doing new “American/Norwegian” series called “Lillyhammer” … Read more
189 Perspective of house by ARX Portugal Arquitectos
See the original photo here. I think it’s a little better on the paper than it is on the scan. I really like this facade on the photo, but not so much on the drawing. I like how they’ve disigned a modern facade mimicking elements in the two neighbouring facades – i couldn’t find a … Read more