POST #12: Sketch Number Ten

I intend to finish adding values and a background to this sketch.  Once it is complete I will add a finished image to this post.  I also hope to begin photographing all new sketches in proper lighting with a more efficient area for shooting photographs, and I plan to take new photos of each of the earlier sketches and update older posts.

Here is the unfinished sketch as it is now.

Here is the sketch in several different phases, beginning with the 17-minute mark.

Here are a couple details of the sketch as it is now.

Here is a shot of the setup I am currently working with.

UPDATE

Below is the finished drawing, followed by some process photos and details.

POST #11: Sketch Number Nine

This sketch was never timed.  The object and drawing are pictured below.  This started out as a decent practice drawing, then went sour.  I began to get descriptive with the brand name area, then got in a hurry.  After trying to make corrections in ink, it became far too dark.  I will need to try some more drawings of toothpaste tubes.  They are a bit more challenging than I imagined they would be.

I actually like some of the line work in the toothpaste tube's cap end as well as the bottom end.

Here is the final image.  As you can see, I completely failed in the middle area.

POST #10: Sketch Number Eight

This sketch of my two-year-old son's shoe was fairly successful.  The images below are at a breaking point.  I believe this point was farther along than the seventeen-minute mark, but they are still progress shots.

Here is the final sketch, followed by some details.

POST #9: Sketch Number Seven

Here is the drawing at the seventeen-minute mark.

Here it is when I chose to quit.  It started out with promise, but then I tried making corrections by just drawing over the original lines (see the toe area of the shoe, as well as the sole toward the toe).  It is hard to ignore the marks that were already placed, as this was done in ball-point pen, so I only added to the confusion.  I will likely try drawing this boot again.  I enjoy drawing shoes, but I'm not sure I can give a good reason why.

Here is the boot I was drawing.  I love my Keen water-proof hiking boots!

POST #8: Sketch Number Six

Here is the sketch at the seventeen-minute mark.  I used a ball-point pen for this drawing.  I used to use ball-point pens for nearly all my sketching because I love the way they glide across the page.  They can leave the faintest of marks, which is perfect for those "searching" lines at the beginning phase of a sketch.  They can also produce a very rich and visually dense line for creating a nice value range.  I stopped using ball-point pens when I looked at stacks of drawings I had done a few years prior that had faded into nothingness.  Nevertheless, I chose to use one again...and I LOVED it.  I am hoping that one day the art supply manufacturers will introduce a ball-point pen with archival (light fast) qualities.

Here is the sketch with the very simple still life set up.

Here it is when I called it quits.  

I took a bunch of close-ups of this sketch, but many of them are of very poor quality.  Again, I must get the photography area set up for documenting my work.  I will share a couple regardless.

POST #7: Sketch Number Five

Here is the sketch at the seventeen-minute mark.

Here is an early detail.

Here is the object I was working from.  It is a sculpture made by a good friend of mine.

Here is the sketch when I decided to call it quits.  I may work on this more, but if not, I will likely draw it again.  I want a finished drawing to work from to produce an etching.  It would need to be more polished, with added values and an environment in which the object could live.

POST #6: Sketch Number Four

Here is the sketch at the seventeen-minute stopping point.

I continued working on this a little while longer, trying to make the object more convincing.

Here it is closer to completion.  It is still nowhere near where I wish it had come, but I am still very rusty.  In time, I will begin to see progress.  (Note:  The difference in color is due to the use of two different cameras, one being the camera from my cell phone.)

Below is a close-up of the sketch when I chose to put it to rest.

POST #5: Sketch Number Three

This sketch wasn't timed.  I began with the idea this would be a minimum of seventeen-minutes worth of sketching.  By the time I decided to quit, I had forgotten when I started.  

Again, the image leaves a lot to be desired.  I hope to have the new photography area set up by this coming weekend.  That is, if I can find the wall space.

The image below is just another example of the crowded space I am currently working with.  Another important agenda item for this weekend is to finish my large still life stage (shadow box).

POST #4: Sketch Number Two

Again, I am still setting up an area for photographing these drawings as I finish them.  The quality of these early photographs will leave a lot to be desired, and for that, I apologize.

Above is a shot of the drawing at the seventeen-minute point, and another taken shortly after.

The temporary setup I am working with can be seen in the image below.  It is less than ideal, but if it keeps me drawing, then I will make it work.

Below is the image before I decided to stop.  I was very dissatisfied with the results, mainly due to the teeth, so I gave this one a rest. I recently ordered a life-size human skull (replica) online at a huge discount.  Overall, I love the model.  However, the teeth on this model are absolutely atrocious.  It looks as though one would have soaked his or her mouth nightly with acids before bed.  They are gnarly, and they look nothing remotely close to real.  I guess this is yet another example of "you get what you pay for".