Drawings
These drawings represent a variety of approaches to practicing drawing. Primarily exercises, few of these are to be seen as finished pieces. Many of the drawings have write ups which explain what I was doing at the time and why.
Main Categories:
The portrait drawings are primarily self portraits, since that model is always available and will sit for me as long as I want. Occasionally my wife gets press ganged into sitting, and the odd friend. These drawings serve primarily as barometers of the success or otherwise of other exercises.
The series of still life drawings represent an ongoing investigation into what I believe is one of the most important basic fundamentals of painting, tone (value).
The Bargue drawings are hard core accuracy practice, done sight size. But they also have a lot to teach regarding the simplifying of form.
The old master copies have discontinued for the moment, but I may revive them at some point and do some more.
The cast drawings are still near the start of the series and have stopped, but will be picked up again at some poimt. Like the Bargue drawings, this is accuracy practice, and learning to simplify of form.
The cafe sketches are mostly designed to get me out of the house. I haven't done any since September 2006, which was the last time I left this room and ventured outside. I'm now very pale and talk to myself a lot.