So,yea. I’m neglectful of my blog. But, I have bigger fish to fry. Hear me? BIGGER fish.
Here’s another batch of random sketches. I post these to tide you all over for said bigger fish.
May 4, 2010
The Sporadic Joshua
March 8, 2010
Major sketchbook image dump
Woah, I’ve been sketching like crazy lately. I’ve been trying out some different techniques than my usual fare. Mostly, I’ve been using a brushpen which is an awesome cross between a paintbrush and a fountain pen. Usually I sketch with a pencil which is much more forgiving that large swaths of dark black ink. But, it’s fun to throw some lines on a page without too much thought about planning. I think these sketches have a more spontaneous and loose look to them.
Sunrise
Sunset.
January 13, 2010
Church sketches
Some recent sketches I did either at Church (it’s how I pay attention, OK? Would you prefer that I fall asleep?). Other sketches were done either on the light rail or the commuter train from Ogden to Salt Lake City.
The dude with the mohawk is one of those people that you can’t help but draw. Same goes for Mr. Mullet, also.
I caught my dad sleeping in church. That’ll teach him.
See more on my flickr feed here.
October 17, 2009
Many more sketches
I have been on a sketching kick lately. I have one of those personalities that obsesses about new things all the time. For a few months, it will be banjos or ukuleles or banjo-ukuleles. The past few months, it’s been watercolors and sketching. Here’s a whole bunch of recent pages I haven’t had a chance to blog about yet.
This sketch of a winding bridge in Linear Park in Rochester, NY. This sketch looked awesome about 20 minutes before I painted the daunting shadows in the middle of the page. Should have quit while I was ahead. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that, with sketching, less is more.
I love the texture of the wood and the shape of the bridge, but all I see now is the big shadow in the middle.
Also, some of my photos are a little blurry. Guess it’s a good thing I draw for a living, I’d get nowhere as a photographer.
My younger son’s hands are in the corner. I love having him pal around with me.
Again with the blurry camera. The turtle looks awesome when in focus. We found him along a trail while hiking the other day. There were hundreds of frogs all over the place and this one massive turtle in the middle of the trail waiting to be stepped on. The banjo and guitar were just quick little sketches for fun.
People at church and people in the airport.
Something I have been thinking a lot about lately. This was a tree in Temple Square in Salt Lake City, UT. The girly handwriting is mine.
A real quick sketch of the LDS temple in Salt Lake City. Took maybe 5 minutes to draw. I like it so much, I don’t dare put any paint on it.
Random stuff I drew while on an airplane. Note the two vaudevillian robots.
A plane at the Chicago Airport.
Another one of the Chicago Airport.
People at the Chicago Airport. I sat down by a Starbucks kiosk and drew all the people in line. They turned out great, except for the first one (top left). I’ve noticed that I can’t draw well all the time. Some days it’s not worth trying, everything comes out horrible. Other days I wonder how I could have created something so beautiful. The dude on the top of the page is one of those bad drawings you have to get out of yourself before you can draw the good stuff.
Some people I work with.
September 11, 2009
Robots with under-bites.
I’ve been on a robot sketching kick lately. And, for some reason, I like to draw robots with massive metal under-bites. It’s either the Iron Giant influencing me, or some sort of nostalgic link to my pet dog as a teenager. Puppy (yes, that was her proper name) was half Shi-Tsu and half under-bite. And all hyper.
I kept the actual leaf painted on the opposite page. My younger son gave it to me during one of our hikes.
