art theft as exercise

Generally I think drawing from photos is a kind of riding of artistic coat tails. The photographer has done the art already and I’m just stealing from it…but - I felt out of practice, faces all coming out the same, everything looking cartoony.

So these heads are all stolen from various photographs…they’re actually a few months old, and I think, less good that they should be, but this is the kind of exercise I think you have to do every so often…so they’re up here for whatever that’s worth.

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Rachel Brice, tribal dance

It constantly amazes me how there are people obsessed with becoming masters of some art form that I’ve never heard of.

This weekend I saw a few short minutes of Rachel Brice performing her unique style of Tribal Dance. (here’s her site). This was frankly the most amazing thing I’ve seen in a long time. If you get a chance to see this San Francisco based artist, or any of her Tribal school – GO!. You’ll see something amazing, inspiring and challenging - (and more than a little hot).

[more sketches in here...]

tentacle girl

Pen and ink sketch, some brushwork. Gotta love those self-casing travel brushes. (used to have a link here, but Daniel Smith moved the page - you’ll have to google for them)….and drawing at Starbucks, which rocks, ‘cuz there’s lots of cups lying around. (For the ink and water, I’m not a coffee guy)….

snow white

the sketchbook begins…(again)