Hand...

Today didn't feel like a sketch a person day... so it turned into sketch a hand day.... :-D

Wayne

I have many memories (I'd HAVE to have with four decades under my belt...) and some of my fondest (yet sparse) memories are from my Aunt Vera, Uncle Bill, and their twin sons, Willie and Wayne on their visits from the south. I loved/love their accent and their all around fun demeanor. I wish I was able to remember more, but like I said... they were great. This is one of the twins, my cousin, Wayne. It's a more recent photo of him than I remembered him looking like, but it's fascinating how he looks like my Aunt's brother in this photo. It's with sadness and regret that I say that I'll not be able to have more memories of Wayne, as he was taken from us way too soon. I'd say rest in peace, but frankly that's not in our gene pool. Give 'em hell, Wayne... wherever you are out there in the universe.

Django and his shadow

This is my friend Django, an excellent guitar player, who graciously allowed me to practice on him. For a while now I've been running away from deep shadows. But if we never try, we can never figure it out, right? So now I'm trying. Here's the question I played /will be playing around with: How solid should the deep shadow be? If it becomes too deep does it render the person flat? How much shadow is too much? But if it's shadowed like I did on Django's face and neck, does it appear too "raggedy" for lack of a better word? OR if I did it solid, as in one solid line denoting the edge, would THAT make it appear weird? This begs further exploration. :-)

Ellyn

This is Ellyn. Ellyn is my coworker. Ellyn has a doppleganger that is an actress and I've seen her in something but I'll be darned if I can remember where or what... :-/ Hmmm....

Moustache...mustache....? ummm....

Either way it was pretty cool. :-)

Mads Cartoon-ized

My niece Madison. A very beautiful young lady. I minimized shadows and lines, concentrating on thickness... and she got cartoon-ized. :-)

Some Charcoal, Some White Pastel, and Ego.

Not MY ego. This is Ego, one of my artist friends who lives WAAAY over across the ocean. Today I decided to play with my vine charcoal and some white pastel. Not too bad for the first go. The smoke was fun.  :-)