Fingery Shadows

She has this bolt upright awareness that she is modeling, while also this pensive expression as though her thoughts are very far from the present.

Sitting on Stool

Emphasizing the sense of pressure imposed downwardly on the stool.

Man at the Bottom of the Stairs

I completed this as a demo for a workshop.  My wife liked it and wanted to keep it.  We keep it at the bottom of the staircase, so we tend to call it "Man at the Bottom of the Stairs"

Vine on Antique Paper

The paper from 1842 has a slickness in a way, but also beautifully accepts the charcoal and holds it.  Marks in graphite and charcoal both just glide on darkly with very little effort.

Awkward Legs

There is almost nothing there.  The awkward twist in the legs has that mark of something so authentic that you couldn't have made it up.

Profile on Antique Paper

Graphite on paper from 1842.  It has a very special feel to it, unlike anything I've worked on.

Dancing Back

I like the way the energy swings up from the pelvis and out through the top of the head.

Pregnant and Intense

It's pretty quick and raw, but I like the expression.

Glance Over Shoulder

Fairly subtle, but I like it.

Girl with Skull

I think David Gluck owns this.

Foreshortened and Reclined

Difficult to pull off well, but I think this one works.

Power in the Thighs

Gluteus medius and maximus, biceps femoris and quadriceps move together to pack a punch.

Ribcage Madness

I love me some protruding ribcages.  The scapula is good fun too.  

My Favorite Drawing

I feel in many ways that I've never topped this drawing. It is not in the technique, the face or the body, just the proportion and movement of the shapes.  It just sets my soul right.  It's almost life-size.

A.S.I.S.

Anterior superior iliac spines.  I did not even exaggerate them.

Seated, Graphite

This model was the daughter of a student I had in the same class.  She is in some of my pregnant drawings also.

Male Nude on Antique Paper

I like the hand.

Two For One

I am economical with paper.  I'm a one-man army against climate change.

Bald Female, Back View

Graphite I think.

Wacky Overlappy: the Sequel. Antique paper.

Drawing on 19th Century paper.

Wacky Overlappy, Ancient Paper.

Antique ledger paper from 1842.  Works like a charm, but very brittle, and needs to be mounted on board asap.

Peter Pan in Conte

Portrait of a family friend in black and red conte.  There's a Peter Pan feel to it.

Garden Variety Reclined Nude

Pretty straightforward, but I thought it went well.

Triple Nude of a Math Teacher

This model is so cool.  She's a fifty-year-old high school math teacher, and I just think it's so rad that she's modeling for us.  Just think of the courage.  I usually do a three-graces interpretation thing with my figure drawing students each semester, and I loved this one.

Perfect Simplicity

This one just felt good right off the bat.

Wham!

I love the way this figure appears to have been thrown or pasted against a wall- wham!  I like the feeling of speed about it.  People keep trying to inform me that the breasts would not respond to gravity this way, but this is a faithful representation of the scenario and the model.

Man against a Green Wall

Underground Ringmaster

This model is a ringmaster for a local D.I.Y. circus.  Prismacolor pencils

Nifty Loincloth

Tri-colored female reclined.  I made a nifty loin cloth.

Double Pregnant Sketch

Double sketch of a pregnant woman, graphite and red color pencil.

Male Back in Conte

Tri-color conte of a male back.

Man with Pillow

Fellow student in Grad School about ten years ago.

Head in Charcoal, White

Life-sized head in charcoal, highlighted in white.

Pastel Drawing

Pastel drawing about 3/4 life-size.

Sarah in Shadow

Unconventional portrait that was loads of fun to do.

Contrapposto

Long pose demo, contrapposto in graphite.

Profile with Dreadlocks

Life drawing demo.  I'm pleased with the solid feeling of the facial features.

Three Furies

Executed as a classroom demo.  The model kept switching among three repeating contrappostos.

Mixed Media Portrait

Multiple materials, life-sized head demo.

Life-sized charcoal

Life-size charcoal life demo

Kurt Swayze or Patrick Cobain?

My student modeled for this (right), and he kept looking like different celebrities.

Medallion

This girl looked like an elf.  Her ring finger was missing in real life.

Poached Deer

This baby deer was killed by teenagers in war paint and a monster truck behind the tattoo shop I was working at during that time.  I drew it until the Game and Fish Commission came to get it.

Various Sketches with Washington

Life drawings drawn directly over a poster with a light wash of acrylic gesso.

Skull in Charcoal 2

This one has a charming Smile.  I like the planar structure.

Plein Air

This was not actually produced in plein air.

Almost Nothing

One of my all-time favorite gesture studies.  Just kind of nailed it right away.  Probably 5 minutes.

Sketch

Ed's Head

Head study demo of my friend Ed.

Pregnant Lady

This model cleaned our house for a year in trade for a mother/daughter portrait.  She also traded modeling time for this one I think.