Sketch 365 – by Scott Hulme

I originally gave myself a challenge today to depict the concept of “every person who has ever lived.”  Not surprisingly, it wasn’t easy.  I tried it a couple different ways, but it wasn’t working out.  So I went a different direction: bones and sinews.

(And yes, this is my quick approximation of Da Vinci’s drawing.  Hey, steal from the best, right?)

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Had an evening of live music from Austrian multi-instrumentalist and extended-family-friend Tony.  I scribbled this out while sitting next to “Mrs. Tony” and enjoying the show.  She seemed to get a kick out of it.

Here, Tony uses the universal language of song to tell of his experiences “working for the man every night and day.”

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My wife and her friend were in Venice last year and snapped this photo of a friendly older guy just watching people go by.  It’s a cool photo, so I’d thought I try a little version of it.

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It’s always interesting to me to see how tiny things can totally change the character of a drawing.  I have different sketch from this evening where the same model looks about 10 years older than in real life.  But here, a rushed job of shading leaves a couple underdeveloped areas and a little stray line, resulting in a softer, rounder face that’s about 10 years younger than the real one.

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I’m not really happy with all of these, but I’m putting them all up because of the way the three together struck me.  Lacking any ideas of what to sketch tonight, I went on Flickr and looked at randomly picked photos from the last seven days.  When I saw one I liked, I sketched it, then did so twice more.  After a bit of research, it seems these photos (clockwise from top right) were taken by people in Italy, Greece, and I believe, Qatar.  And all posted to Flickr in the last week.  Hello, the future — you are weird.

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I knew him…sorta.

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P.S. Thanks, Steve, for loaning me the anatomy book for artists.  But if you and Mark don’t stop encouraging me and start acting more like villains, you’re going to ruin my whole narrative.

First blind drawing on Sketch 365!  I remembered this exercise from art class way back in grade school — the blind contour drawing, done without looking at the page.  Of course, it’s usually done with one continuous line, rather than picking up the pencil and resetting.  Doing it that way can help things stay in a bit better arrangement and proportion.  Still, I had a good laugh at these when I finished.

So, since I imagine you may not have already guessed, left to right is Mr. Bolivia, Ms. Punchingbag and Mrs. Sketch 365.

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This is another quick mirror sketch, similar to Sketch #87, but done with the other end of the brush pen.  I like that the drawing style is considerably more decisive than the previous version.  The eyes are stlll a bit dull, but then again, I usually don’t sparkle with vivacious energy while staring in the bathroom mirror.   Usually.

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A quick little charcoal illustration of my favorite person.  She too has started her own daily creative endeavor — driven by a beautiful concept that puts my little personal project to shame!  Read about its beginnings right over here.

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1) Go to figure drawing workshop.
2) Draw five-minute head sketch from model.
3) Realize drawing looks kind of like the legendary Robert Van Winkle.
4) Complete the effect with stylish fade lines in hair.
5) Auction masterpiece for millions.

P.S. I’d like to believe that Robert Van Winkle is a household name for anyone reading this.  But just in case…

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