#croquiscafe

For the past year I’ve been trying really hard to start every day with gesture/figure drawing.

A figure drawing in my sketchbook from last week.
My general process for sketches like this is three steps: I’ll start super-loose with pencil, gradually building up a sense of form and weight. Then I’ll go in with the ballpoint pen and put in the linework. Hopefully if my pencil drawing is well constructed, I can keep my pen drawing somewhat loose and free.
Finally I go in with some watered down ink and build up the shadow and depth. When it works, I find the pen and ink give a really nice feel. But it’s the initial pencil construction which is the make-or-break stage.

#drawing #figuredrawing #figuredrawings #croquis #sketchbookpage #sketchbook #penandinkdrawing #ballpointpen #ballpointpendrawing #croquiscafe

Magic desk time with Astrid on the @croquiscafe. It’s been a while, but I’ve finally accepted I’m not going to get any better at this until I actually do the #sketching . Seems so unfair… #croquiscafe #figuredrawing (at Madison, Wisconsin)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CedyJyMrYBS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Morning sketches - Saturn on #croquiscafe . Part of my mon-fri #morningroutine #figuredrawing
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWD77ShtAO/?utm_medium=tumblr

keep it wavy

updating portfolio stuff, here’s some life drawing pieces from the last couple of months !