Back to Life Drawing .Back to Paper.

I see it's been quite a while since I've made a post on this blog .
Sometimes between every other out let  I forget I even have this blog  . But it's good for posting higher resolution images.
So Back to paper and pencils------
    Okay maybe not for Professional work because  working digitally is just too valuable  in
terms of working with others on a project.
I'm just a part of a larger team when I work professionally.
And working digitally is so versatile .
  But I need to get back to basics some times . Like a student . This is a "Long Pose".
Longer that 25 minutes.
A 3 hour pose actually .
Well you don't actually draw non stop for 3 hours . The poor Model has to hold very still for long enough . She needs a break now and then.
This is done with Prima pencil on Vellum.
The Prima pencil because it doesn't smear and is hard to erase  so you don't spend too much time erasing.    And the vellum  is just nice with a smooth surface and fine tooth.
 - Larry

Lady Thor

I read the other week that Marvel Comics is making Thor a woman now.
So I sketched out this . Not like how Marvel draws women at all.

Space Girl inked

Sketch book pen and ink 

Mexican Wrestler Night at Gnomon

This is an elaboration of a sketch done at the Gnomon School  in Hollywood .
From a 2o minute sketch .
Digital drawing , color and "ink ".    Done in Photoshop CC

Larry-

Drawing faces from Imagination

Just drawing in Photoshop . Start off soft  then add details as needed . 

Nothing here but drawing for the sake of drawing . 

-Lar

Graphite Gladiator

Drawing in graphite in one of my sketchbooks.  When I was younger I used to fill up sketchbooks very fast.  But now they last for years. Obviously because my time gets filled up with other things but also I realize that I have several sketchbooks going at the same time. They all have different types of paper and are all of different sizes. I have one small note book sized Moleskine , a larger 8X11 Molskine , another 8x11 book with really thick, hot pressed paper which is good for inking and several Aquabee books that has thick cold pressed paper in it plus a watercolor sketch book. 

I need to go back and revisit some of those sketches and feed off of them for new drawings.  I think that's a good use for sketchbooks . Originally I just used them for "practice" . Seems like I'm always practicing .

-Lar

Happy New Year 2014

Happy 2014

lil' Devil

Just a little drawing of a devil head. Just black and white tones. Which just helps to figure out values without having to think about color. 

Lar- 

Season's Greetings 2013

Well, I've been posting less often these days . Just busy pursuing other outlets .
I always draw a fairy for Christmas season .  This year I wasn't satisfied with the them so I ended up drawing  4 of them . So I have more to chose from.
 Here is one . This is the first one I did this time. I tried drawing in pencil first then scanned it .
It was okay  but I tend to feel that if the finished piece is supposed to be a digital painting then drawing in pencil and then scanning seems to be unnecessary  steps.
Pencil  is for if I intend for it to remain  pencil.
- Lar

Valkyrie

This , like most of my sketches  started off as a scribble .  Starts with a gesture  then becomes a sketch and  if I like that Then comes some color and some refining . This isn't done for any project . Just practice.
I dont know if I'll keep working on it.  I get impatient sometimes and ant to move on .
When there is no model available then I just make them up .  I always call it being lazy. ( for me)
-Lar

Turkish Delights 2

Another pose from Turkish Delights.  I was a bit far away and had some other people in front of me.
So this is what I could see between the crowd.
_Larry

More work from Live sessions

This was a digital drawing done at an Event called "Turkish Delights" in Downtown Los Angeles. 

Very interesting scene . It started at around 11 P.M. and went on for a couple of hours. 

This was I believe a 50 minute pose  with one break for the model. 

Since I was drawing/painting using my ModBook Pro I was at an advantage because the huge room was pretty dark .  but that also made for some pretty dramatic lighting which was great! 

Live Model Session in Palms , Ca.

I'm so used to painting in Photoshop that I even use it when painting in a "Fine Arts" capacity.

This is a 4 hour pose session done At the Kline Academy of Art in Palms, California . 

These are great exercises for me to do because of my work I'm usually forced to draw figures and environments with no reference to go by but my memory. 

Obviously using a model or painting from a real environment is the best way to paint or draw representative art.  But  having to create an image of a flying saucer hoisting a giant sauropod across a futuristic cityscape  can create a challenge in the live model department. 

  By the way , I'm still a big fan of Photoshop but still trying to acknowledge that Corel Painter is good too! 

- Larry 

Sketching at Gallery Girls

I've Been going to the last several  drawing sessions at the Gnomon school in Hollywood.
They are "Gallery Girls" events put together by Jennifer Fabos Patton.
This started out as a quick sketch and was the last of the evening but I liked it so much that I started embellishing it. I only had time to do the gestures at the event but I went back into it later!
_ Lar

Digital pen sketching

Here's a sketch using Photoshop  but with a setting to mimic a pen and ink drawing . Just simple line with no continuous tone applied. I to draw with pen and ink . But Photoshop keeps my hands clean and I don't have a problem with an ink bottle sliding and spilling off of my slanted drawing board.
Not enough hours in the day .
-Lar

Live Model sketching

Here's another sketch done in Photoshop CS6 on my Modbook at the Kline Academy of Fine Art in Culver City. The model is Lena and works with the Gallery Girls. 

This was a 4 hour pose.

 I didn't think that 4 hours was long enough to do anything but lots of black and white drawings but it was just one pose . Digital painting has its advantages like not having to wait for the paint to dry ,et cetera. But it also has it's disadvantages like showing correct color and having to deal with glare on the screen .

Sometimes not working at a consistent size gets confusing too. 

-Lar

Zombie 3

Here's another sketch of a Pin-up Zombie  All photoshop CS6 Sketching .

-Lar

Figure competitor Zombie

Zombie Pin-up # 2

Pin up Zombie #1

I drew this for a Pin up Zombie Challenge .

Devil with a whip