Looks like you got a hit off Paul Madonna. I bought those books when I read your post which included him. I'm not really into working in the wild, but he made me start thinking about it--both the quality of the drawing and the thoughts that emerged.
Picasso said something like "It's necessary to copy from others, but what a shame to copy yourself." I find myself getting little hits like that all the time, and sometimes it helps a lot to try somebody else on for a little while.
It's amazing how adding some lines of text to a drawing changes the dynamic of it so much. I think that's a part of why a lot of people are so fascinated with comic books.
Jeff, I love Paul Madonna's sepia pictures in "All Over Coffee," but I didn't discover them until after I did this drawing. This one's from quite a few years ago.
Bob, as I was sketching this building, I was trying to imagine a character who lived anonymously in one of those apartments above retail, and I was thinking maybe he was about to win the lottery or invent a time travel device, or write a hit song that would change the world.
Thanks, Sketcher. I always try to remember to get the pencil out once in a while.
Another awesome piece. It would be great to be able to find a copy of your sketching guide (the one co-written with Kinkade), too bad it's out of print!
i know this is a older post. but i would love to know how you decide the scale of that sketch? did eyeball everything or did you also di measurements with you drawing tool. like this ist the half of that....and so on.
i know this is a older post. but i would love to know how you decide the scale of that sketch? did eyeball everything or did you also di measurements with you drawing tool. like this ist the half of that....and so on.
i know this is a older post. but i would love to know how you decide the scale of that sketch? did eyeball everything or did you also di measurements with you drawing tool. like this ist the half of that....and so on.
Looks like you got a hit off Paul Madonna. I bought those books when I read your post which included him. I'm not really into working in the wild, but he made me start thinking about it--both the quality of the drawing and the thoughts that emerged.
ReplyDeletePicasso said something like "It's necessary to copy from others, but what a shame to copy yourself." I find myself getting little hits like that all the time, and sometimes it helps a lot to try somebody else on for a little while.
Nice drawing!
Great drawing! Thank you. This is the type of work every artist should do. I hope it will inspire others to do the same.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how adding some lines of text to a drawing changes the dynamic of it so much. I think that's a part of why a lot of people are so fascinated with comic books.
ReplyDeleteJeff, I love Paul Madonna's sepia pictures in "All Over Coffee," but I didn't discover them until after I did this drawing. This one's from quite a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteBob, as I was sketching this building, I was trying to imagine a character who lived anonymously in one of those apartments above retail, and I was thinking maybe he was about to win the lottery or invent a time travel device, or write a hit song that would change the world.
Thanks, Sketcher. I always try to remember to get the pencil out once in a while.
You illustrators...always telling a story
ReplyDeleteWho was he,?where did he go? Why do i feel it was to a happier life?
Another awesome piece. It would be great to be able to find a copy of your sketching guide (the one co-written with Kinkade), too bad it's out of print!
ReplyDeleteWonderful drawing. Full of character just like the character who lives there.
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Puts me in mind of Authur Guptill's crisp pencil drawings.
ReplyDeleteHello James,
ReplyDeletei know this is a older post. but i would love to know how you decide the scale of that sketch? did eyeball everything or did you also di measurements with you drawing tool. like this ist the half of that....and so on.
Greetings from vienna
Hello James,
ReplyDeletei know this is a older post. but i would love to know how you decide the scale of that sketch? did eyeball everything or did you also di measurements with you drawing tool. like this ist the half of that....and so on.
Greetings from vienna
Hello James,
ReplyDeletei know this is a older post. but i would love to know how you decide the scale of that sketch? did eyeball everything or did you also di measurements with you drawing tool. like this ist the half of that....and so on.
Greetings from vienna