drawings

Above: These are my sketchbooks since summer of 2022. These sketchbooks are 8×10″, and I use charcoal, aquarelles, gouache, ink, whatever . . . Below: Lately I’ve been working some from memory – seeing an image then trying to reproduce it later. And some are photos from the newspaper – the sports page often has interesting figures! The images below are from July 2025 – present.

These are sketchbook doodles from 2023

Also from a sketchbook, 8×10, aquarelle crayons, Golden Bedroom

stress, 8×10”, pencil

January 2022 SNOWED IN AND WORKING FROM HOME!!

July/August 2021

From April 2021

From March:

Still enjoying two online drawings classes through Zoom. In one class we’re copying from drawing masters from the past. From left to right: Goya, Goya, Kollwitz.

copying Picasso:

Added another drawing class from Seattle Artists League (instructor Fran O’Neill)

Jan 30 – Feb 6

Back in drawing class over zoom. The idea of this exercise was to be willing to let go of things and make big changes. “The idea is to be bold enough to go from gray to full black, back to light or gray as many times as you like, so that there is no hesitation going dark or light multiple times anywhere on the surface. The payoff is freedom to try anything, anywhere, any time, freedom to take as many risks with the drawing as cross your mind. The price is that you lose many favorite moments, moments that can never be regained, at least not in their original form. All artists eventually embrace this price because it allows one to learn much more quickly and the freedom gained makes the process a thousand times more fun.” — Phil Sylvester