Wax Bloom

The pant leg isn’t quite as blue as this photo would have you believe…

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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This will probably be the last update for today…my hand is starting to cramp, and besides  that its miller time.

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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Armed (but not handed):

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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The shirt now completely blocked in, though not quite finished:

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelboard | 9 x 16″ 

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Halfway done with the shirt:

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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Head and shoulders:

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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This isn’t moving nearly as quickly as I thought it would today…I keep getting distracted. 

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″

 Considering how long it took  me to draw that section of the shirt, this may well end up being the “Week of Drawing Plaid”. 

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I didn’t get as early a start this morning as I had planned to, but here’s what I was able to get done between 10am and 11am:

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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I’ve taken this week off work to hole up in my studio and do nothing but draw. The “draw-a-thon” doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, but I had a chance this afternoon to get a head start on the first of four drawings I hope to finish before next Sunday. 

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″

With one (sometimes two)  one-hour sessions a day, it generally takes me a week to finish a drawing, so logic would dictate that if I spend 8AM thru 5PM up in my studio without any other responsibilities, four drawings should be cake.

 This of course assumes that the lure of Civilization Revolution is resistible.  I guess we’ll see! 

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And here is Mr. Lincoln, now finished:

Lincoln | Carbon Pencil on Cold Press Ill. Board | 8 x 10″

I’m pretty happy with the way this one turned out, and feel like I’m getting a much better feel for carbon pencils, as well as nailing down some techniques for working with them. I’m going to take a short break from them to do a color piece, and then come back to them next week for a drawing of my son that will be a companion piece for Clara, Profile.

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