I only had 15 minutes today to do any drawing or sketching at all, so this is Simba, one of my two cats. His face is wonky; the front paw is probably the most accurate part of the sketch.

I only had 15 minutes today to do any drawing or sketching at all, so this is Simba, one of my two cats. His face is wonky; the front paw is probably the most accurate part of the sketch.

My favorite flower: this was based on a recent trip to the “Dallas Blooms” show at Dallas Arboretum.

Quick willow charcoal sketch done today after work.

Today for her Patreon members, Karen Margulis had a photo demo of painting a shiny vase in soft pastels. I used the reference photo provided, but decided to draw the vase in charcoal first, and later filled in the shapes with the colors I saw using pastel pencils. This was done on plain ol’ drawing paper.

This study is based off a reference photo used in Jane Lazenby’s “Drawing the Human Figure” class on ArtTutor.com (which is closing in March 2022).

I drew this glass as a follow-along effort based on what I learned at The Drawing Source website.

This drawing in vine charcoal is based off an image by inna mikitas from Pixabay. The paper is a brown shade of Canson Mi-Tientes. My intention is add color with soft pastels.

Another hand based on the Crilley book…

This speaks for itself, and is based from the awesome book Mark Crilley’s Ultimate Book of Drawing Hands.
