Thursday, October 26, 2006

Sketchbook #3

Some more sketchbook work a couple from tonight, one is a Rockwell study. I like drawing more than anything. I like the sketching style that has evolved for me over years of practice. I have pretty much ditched all of the non-essential details and just focus on the important parts of the subject. I also usually just suggest the darks with a quick hatch scribbling, another thing that just started looking better after a lot of practice.

And "Thanks" to Ryan Wood, my last visitor(see lone comment on "drawing" post).

14 comments:

Anders said...

beautilful sketches, great shapes on the rockwell study, there is "something" with this character, the second has such a great and impressive look and do you have the phone number of the 3rd? ^^
this is another good demonstration and lesson for me, thanks Dave for sharing this with us again... And great new design of your website!

Joe said...

You are a prick...that draws good.

Mark Behm said...

These are gorgeous. Pencil? Looks like very commital line work. No construction, very few misses. Just bang,bang,bang lines just where you want them. I need to draw more.

Kevin Keele said...

Man, I love your sketches! These are fantastic, so simple but I could look at them for hours.

David Malan said...

Thanks all(except joe)
I pretty much always draw with pencil. Usually I have just one or two construction lines that need erasing. basically just a quick box to shape the head, I pretty much go from there.
The third is the Rockwell

Marco Bucci said...

Amazingly confident drawings. They look great!

Santiago CARUSO said...

Great work! I love the drawings, so simple what isn´t easy. Thanks for your comments. I´ll wait for you on http://caruso-art.blogspot.com/
were you will find my personal and editorial works for adults. I think there are more interesting than the children´s works.
Saludos!

David Howse said...

Very strongly defined and well chosen lines. Your caricature approach to sketching makes the drawings instantly appealing and fun to study.

Adam Ford said...

Beautiful sketches. I would be curious to see what you could do with scratchboard or wood etched prints.

SILVER KNIGHT said...

these are great ! ;)

Rupesh Talaskar said...

More great stuff, I love it.
Sir Malan ,
thank you for taking time to visit and comment on my blog.
Hope to see you soon again ..
:)

katzenjammer studios said...

amazing work.

Maly Siri said...

my godness...splendid drawings...i'm speechless.

Alexiev said...

Good pen...