The Brown Book !

The Brown Book from cover to cover.....Please share and enjoy !!! (click on it to enlarge)

-R

Feeling good !!!

I just completed another sketchbook yesterday, so I'm feeling pretty good. I started using it in August, but I didn't carry it around as much as I would have liked to. It took my a while to finish it because I was also working on a watercolor sketchbook simultaneously.

Anyway, I'm proud of this book. All the sketches/drawings aren't incredible, but as usual I'm more worried about documentation of small travels and ideas. I do have some very detailed and concentrated drawings, but I like them just as much as my quick gesture sketches. Here are a couple of pages from the book, I have some more pages on my Flickr page if you guys are interested in seeing more. Eventually I would love to scan the whole thing and make an e-book for anyone who is curious to see what my sketchbooks actually contain from front to back. Hopefully during these days that I have off from school I'll have the diligence to sit and scan it ! Enjoy.

-R

Merry Christmas !!!

Quick sketch of Saint Nick, Merry Christmas !

-R

Some stuff from the Met

Two drawings from the Met. These were quick ink drawings I did in the Etruscan garden. I usually sit and draw these sculptures for longer, but I was with two friends one of whom doesn't draw so I felt a little obligated to work quickly. I think it worked out good, because I wasn't as worried about the detail as I was about the general shape and form (specially with the Aphrodite).

I usually draw the Aphrodite when I go to the Met, maybe I'll look through old sketchbooks and post the many versions of the same sculpture I've done over the years. Both of these were done with india ink ( the Aphrodite also with a white pen) in a brown toned paper sketchbook.

-R

A little sketching at Starbucks

I finally found a little time to do some sketching. These were done at a Starbucks in Nutley NJ. I went with my friend Justin and we had coffee and did some light drawing. Nothing too detailed, but it definitely felt good to put the pen to paper again. These are two people ordering coffee.

I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today, I'll try to upload pictures of that stuff a little later on. I didn't get to draw as much as I intended to, but I had a good day of looking at art.

-R

Christmas Cards !!!

I have been ridiculously busy with school work. I wrote several papers and had an exam or two and now the end of the semester. Finals are here and I'm a little stressed out. I haven't been sketching much at all lately, but I did manage to sneak some christmas cards into my work load. I did about 20 watercolor cards with my sweetheart and about 8 more on brown paper after. These are the watercolor cards, which we're filling out and getting ready to send. Happy Holidays to everyone and good luck on finals to anyone who needs it !!

-R