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It's August 2022. Since the beginning of Covid.....
I've been been starting my day by...

It's August 2022. Since the beginning of Covid....

...I've been been starting my day (after breakfast and a 20 minute writing session) with 15 to 20 minutes of figure drawing. Below are links to almost two and a half years of chipping away.

...Nothing you yourself couldn't do -- if you make the commitment :-) I'm not sure at what point the technique I developed fell into place, but here's what it involves:

1) tinted paper. I use Strathmore 400 series Toned Tan sketch paper, 80 pound. Medium surface. 9 inch x 12 inch;

2) The iInitial drawings were drawn with Tul ball point pens (my "fancy pens", with the "umlaut" over the U; you can get them at Target); mostly brillaint blue but occasionally black or dark blue or even red or a pinkish hue. I use the 0.7 mm size. Sometimes the 1.0 mm.

3) Colored pencils: I used only 4 colors:

- General's charcoal white
for highlights. I purposefully avoid crossing over ink or pen lines when applying since each sub-shape on a body has it's own dark areas - as represented by the pen lines - that light does not fall on. So, it's accurate to do that too;

- Prismacolor Primier Tuscan Red (Rouge Toscan PC 937) for the darkest shadows. Its a deep burgundy color and a fairly soft lead that spreads nicely on any paper;

- Yellowed Orange (also called 'Juanatre' PC 1002) - made by Prismacolor Primier. This is for reflcted light. Can get a little lost on the scanner though. Gotta experiment. Sunburst yellow (Prismacolor Primier PC 917) almost as good; Occasionally a bright yellow.)

- Prismacolor Primier Carmine Red (PC 926) for everyhting else (all the middle tones). That's it! Nothing fancy.

Enjoy!

-- Jeff Kasbohm

Have comments, ideas, recommendations?
email me at jeffkaz@earthlink.net

PS - I'm not a web designer. Period. Maybe at one time I was pretty good at this...well, nah...but still it's been 12 or 15 years since I've touched Dremweaver with any regularity. So it ain't fancy - but I'm getting the job done :-) The point is to display the drawings, give you a referance, and most importantly -- get you drawing!. So scroll on down and click on the thumbnails for good sized posts.

Link to page 2 (Figure-Drawings-2.htm)

This page (page 2) is for drawings made AFTER August 3rd, 2022; And folks feel free to right click and download, copy, learn,
re-copy, try at interpreting into your own style. -- but I just request remember where you got them....and maybe link back
to here from your site or youtube, or instagram. etc.. I'd be very honored by that :-)

 


August 1, 2,3

figure-drawing-2022
July 29-31st
figure-painting-oil-pastel-and-wash
At Florence HIlls
drawing class
 

figure-drawings
July 28-29

figure-drawings
July 23-27

figure drawings
July 21-22

 
Throw in a Harry Reid Caricature here and there -- may he RIP
figure drawing
July 18-19
figure drawing
July 17-18
figure drawing
July 15 - 17
figure drawing
July 13-14
figure drawing
July 11-12
  figure drawings
July 8,9,10
figure drawings
July 6,7
figure drawings
July 4, 5

My influences: Gerorge Bridgeman, Michael Mentler, Ron Lemon, Michael Hampton, Michel Lauricella
( and many others); Check out their books at Amazon.

2022

figure drawing
July 2,3
figure drawing
June 30, July 1
  figure drawing
June 26,27,28
figure drawing
June -25
figure drawing
june 23, 24
  figure drawing
June 21, 22
figure drawing
June 20

Figure drawings
Sept-4-2022-back at
Florence Hill's class

  figure drawing
June 18,19
figure drawing
June 17th
figure drawing
June 15,16th
figure drawing
June 13,14th
figure drawing
June 12,.13th

figure drawing
June 10,11

* Just for fun, zoom in! On Windows, hit [ctrl] and [+] simultanously. Everytime you hit the + plus sign, you'll zoom in, and
of course if you hit [ctrl] and [-] , each time you tap on the "-" ( i.e. the minus sign), you'll zoom back out...which makes the
screen smaller. There's a fair amount of detail to be seen if you zoom in. Cool! :-)

  figure drawing
June 9th

figure drawing
June 7, 8th

figure drawing
June 5,6th
  figure drawing
June 3,4
figure drawing
June 1,2
figure drawing
May 30,31
 

figure drawing
May 28,29

figure drawing
May 26,27

figure drawing
May 24,25
figure drawing
May 22, 23
figure drawing
May 21
figure drawing
May 20
 

figure drawing
May 17-19

figure drawing
May 17-plus

figure drawing
May 14,15,16

2022

  figure drawing
May 12,13
figure drawing
May 10, 11
figure drawing
May 9
 

figure drawing
May 7,8

figure drawing
May 6th

figure drawing
May 3,4

figure drawing
May 1,2
figure drawing
Apr 30, May 1
figure drawing
April 28,29
  figure drawing
April 26, 27
figure drawing
Apr 24,25
figure drawing
April 22,23,24
  figure drawing
April 20,21
figure drawing
April 18,19
figure drawing
April 16,17,18

2022

  figure drawing
April 13,14
figure drawing
April 11, 12
figure drawing
April 9,10
American Family Insurance
April 6,7,8
Figure drawing
April 3,4,5
Figure drawing
April 1,2,3
  Figure drawing
March 29, 30
Figure drawing
March 28,29
Figure drawing
March 26,27
  figure drawing
March 24,25
figure drawing
March 22, 23
figure drawing
March 21, 22
  figure drawing
Summer-fall 2022-1
figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-2
figure drawing
Summer-fall-2022-3

I apologize here for the bad quality pictures -- The light was terrible and Photoshop can correct contrast and brighness only so much.
Also, of these 9 drawings / paintings, none took more than 15 mintues. (I've got this down...practice makes good! :-) The penciled pix were
done with a water solubloe ART-Graf block pencil. The more colorful ones: Oil pastel outline, then I wet all the paper within the confines of
the oil pastel outline. Then I rapidly brushed on (thinly) acrylic flourescent paint with acrylic dioxide purple paint for shadows (in most. of
the pix). These are some of the favorite of the last two months-- yes I'm picking favs :-) Can ya blame me ?

VERY IMPORTANT
: after tossing on any paint, I may have dabbed areas with a paper towel, but tried my best to leave the paint alone as much as possible. When it dries, it just looks so much more vibrant if you just leave it be. Paper size on these white paper pencil drawings: 18 x 24 inch Strathmore white, 50 pound;the painted ones are Strathmore medium quality Bristol Board, vellum surface ( for a little tooth), 18 x 24 inch.The oil pastels are jumbo sized.The chalky looking marks btw are Derwent Inktense blocks.

All these are done at FLORENCE HILLS amazing Sunday figure drawing class in the California Bldg in Nordeast Minneapolis.
And SHE is amazing! 92 years young and going strong. :-)

  figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-4
figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-5
figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-6
figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-7


figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-8


figure drawing
Summer-Fall-2022-9
  figure drawing sketchbook
March 19-21
figure drawing
March 17-18
figure drawing
March 14 -16
  figure drawing
March 11 - 13
figure drawing
March 9-11
figure drawing
March 7-9
  figure drawing
March 5 -6
figure drawing
March 2 or so
figure drawing
March 1 and some
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Feb 22 what??
figure drawing
Feb or jan 23-24

figure drawing
Feb 21-22
  figure drawing
Feb 19-20
figure drawing
Feb 17-18-19
figure drawing
Feb 14-16
  figure drawing
Feb 11-13
figure drawing
Feb 8-10
figure drawing
Feb 6 -7
  figure drawing
Feb 2-3
figure drawing
Jan-31-feb1

figure drawing
Jan 29-31
  figure drawing
Jan 27-28
figure drawing
Jan 25-26
figure drawing
Jan 23 - 24
  figure drawing
Jan 21-22
figure drawing
Jan 19-20
figure drawing
Jan 17-18
  figure drawing
Jan 14-16
figure drawing
Jan 12-14
 
       
       
       

 

2022

 

 

     
       
       
       
       

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  August 9,10,11 (2022) August 6,7,8 August 4,5,6

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Paintings - here's the newest acrylic paintings:


The Paintings - here's the latest watercolors:


Past paintings: