Pocket Sketchbook Portrait

I carry a pocket sketchbook and recommend all artist do. I have had many opportunities to sketch and was glad to have the little 4x6 book handy. Sometimes I keep it in a coat pocket or in a messenger bag with some other art supplies, including pencils and mediums and a few photos or a magazine with pictures to use for inspiration. Sometimes I might be in a coffee shop and jut pull out a magazine and start from there to do a picture and that was how this little portrait came to be. As I drank a cup of coffee I pulled out a clothing catalog I picked up and kept in my messenger bag.  In the catalogue was a woman modeling a sweater with a high collar. I felt it was time to just do a little drawing of a face so I sketched this one out.

I used a basic hb pencil and a stub for most of it and then a few erasers like a classic pink eraser and an artist's kneaded eraser. I sketched it lightly at first and then progressively darkened things over until I felt it was done which probably means I got bored with the project. After sketching it I crumpled up the resource page from the magazine and went back home. At home I looked at it again without the benefit of the original photo and I made a few changes to the hair and face.

I like the results and it was a rewarding afternoon with coffee and my sketchbook.

Portrait done in a pocket sketchbook

I may use this as a study for a painting at some future date.

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Charcoal Sketch Of Man with a Hard Look About Him

It is not an exact representation of the actor Jeremy Renner but an attempt to capture his hard edge.

Charcoal drawing inspired by Jeremy Renner

This was a quick drawing in charcoal pencil. I didn't take the time to smooth out the lines and make it look soft since the emotion is cold and the expression is serious. I had only about 45 minutes to work on it.

I CHANGED MY MIND
I was going to leave a lot of places empty like a statement but there is a rare completeness in this man's face that speaks of an ideal of fulfilled manhood that it would be a misstatement to draw him as anything less. It is nice to find a face to draw that is truly manly.

DARK
I wanted the dark areas to be deep and somber but was afraid that too much black would overpower the picture. I was afraid the face would be too white by contrast, (I regret it is a little paler than what I was hoping for).

LIGHT
I thought about adding a little white charcoal to the highlights but decided it would make the picture too complicated.

If I had more time to work on it I would give more attention to the overall value of the face and make it a shade darker and deepen the shadows some; I would have worked on the eyes more since that was where the power of the expression is.

Minimalist Charcoal Portrait of Man,

I did this drawing to occupy myself for a few minutes. This is a banker.

Minimalist Portrait in Charcoal of a Business Man.

I like to do fast sketches to capture the character or mood of a scene. I started with a few pencil marks to outline and place the features and then turned to hb charcoal pencil and finish with a medium charcoal pencil. I enjoy the discovery of the face from the lighter pencils to the darker charcoals. It becomes a relationship where the picture is talking to me and telling me how to draw it and I am replying to the picture.

There were some errors but I didn't erase them, rather I worked them over and included the errors in the creative process.

The portrait was completed in about twenty minutes.


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Minimalist Pencil and Charcoal Sketch of Man Smiling

This is a sketch I did while teaching a class of kids to draw a face. The point I was trying to make is that you need to keep loose and enjoy the drawing process. I used a casual scribbling technique to make the image of the man smiling. I first did it in pencil and then deepened some of the lines with charcoal. I think it turned out very expressive. I could have done a lot to develop the picture but I like the minimalist effect.

Charcoal and Pencil Quick Sketch. 

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Quick Sketch of Man In Coat

Quick Charcoal Sketch of a man in a coat.

I drew this when I had an extra half hour to kill. It was inspired by a guy in the waiting room at the kid's doctor. I started with a hb graphite pencil and did the rough sketch then moved to 2b charcoal pencil and alternated between those and a medium charcoal pencil. I have been experimenting with using a graphite pencil over the charcoal to see if it gives a different effect. I think it gives a compromise blend between the two. I will need to study it more.

I did not use the blending stub on this at all. time did not allow and my time with the model was too short.

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