From the “Practice What You Preach” file. Many of you have heard may talk about doing something creative everyday to keep your skills sharp.
Here is an example of how that practice helps me as well.
Recently, I noticed one of my daughters in a relaxed stance while watching TV. The profile caught my artistic eye. After shouting “Don’t move!” I hurried to grab my sketch pad and casually went to work. Here’s what I came up with. I plan to eventually convert this into a completed digital painting, but even if not, it was great exercise:
"Soldier Girl" Thumbnail Sketch
I then began another sketch based on that pose that fleshed out more detail and began to give the character more personality even with subtle facial expressions:
Soldier Girl detail
This final sketch is an example of how I love sketching robots mostly because their gangling form resembles the artist’s mannequin many of us have so often used:
Robot sketch
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Thanks, Michele!
That’s what I’m here for!
This is so cool.Thanks Tony you always come up with ways we artists can keep our skills really sharp.
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Thanks, gang for the feedback!
I’m really looking forward to working on these.
Tony-
Thank you for sharing with us the process, Tony.
Sometimes sketches makes an artist feel vulnerable.
People assume that because I am a follower of Christ that my sketches are “deep” and mystical, but to their surprise they see a sketch of a short old lady carrying a purse while looking through her third focal lens or a pig in a three piece suit, or a baseball pitcher releasing his pitch.
Thanks again for sharing and more motivation
Hi Tony great sketches. I have been challenging myself to create something new everyday as well and I’ve been blogging it. http://amokarts.blogspot.com
God bless,
Dave
Cool!