mike thomas
moleskine sketches 001
As usual, I'm late to the trend, but better late than never. I'm trying to start drawing/sketching again, specifically in this nice little Moleskine sketchpad. Not surprisingly, I didn't magically become better at drawing while I wasn't practicing. I'm still the same old hack (it's kind of like my guitar playing).
These are all what I would call pseudo-, or near-blind-contour drawings in that I start with a contour drawing, then go back and add details. A blind contour drawing is done without looking at the paper. In the sketches on the left, the shoe and remote "outlines" were done without looking. Then I'd look down and relocate my pen, and draw a couple more contours, such as the sole of the shoe. Then, I'd go back in and fill in the details.
In the right-hand drawing, I drew nearly the entire contents of the top of the entertainment center with one continuous line. Then I sketched in the remainder, still looking at the paper mostly just to relocate the pen.
Sorry about the quality of the scan - I thought that would be better than taking a photo of the pages. Wrong...
moleskine sketches 001
As usual, I'm late to the trend, but better late than never. I'm trying to start drawing/sketching again, specifically in this nice little Moleskine sketchpad. Not surprisingly, I didn't magically become better at drawing while I wasn't practicing. I'm still the same old hack (it's kind of like my guitar playing).
These are all what I would call pseudo-, or near-blind-contour drawings in that I start with a contour drawing, then go back and add details. A blind contour drawing is done without looking at the paper. In the sketches on the left, the shoe and remote "outlines" were done without looking. Then I'd look down and relocate my pen, and draw a couple more contours, such as the sole of the shoe. Then, I'd go back in and fill in the details.
In the right-hand drawing, I drew nearly the entire contents of the top of the entertainment center with one continuous line. Then I sketched in the remainder, still looking at the paper mostly just to relocate the pen.
Sorry about the quality of the scan - I thought that would be better than taking a photo of the pages. Wrong...