Sunday, February 03, 2008

January to February

Sketchcrawl 17 was a real wake up for me. A call to action, and having been in a slower period at work, I've found myself with a little more time on my hands than usual; time I've used to reconnect with gesture drawing, one of my pure joys in life. I've been re-reading the Walt Stanchfield notes, poring over Milt Kahl and Marc Davis drawings of all types, attending the gesture classes at work taught by the great Tom Gately, as well as sketching on Bart, in cafes with friends and even in stores while my wife tries on clothes.
Here are some of the recent drawings, done tiny in a Rhodia No 16 book with ink.
Enjoy,
J
















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20 comments:

  1. Federico Milella2/03/2008 12:24:00 p.m.

    Great!!!! Love your lines :)

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  2. the doodlers2/03/2008 05:29:00 p.m.

    Good! You're shaking it out. I like them all.
    Cheers, James.

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  3. Dani2/04/2008 11:46:00 p.m.

    That's some great stuff James! The more you push them, the more I like them!
    Keep going - Walt, Milt and Marc would be proud!

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  4. Randeep Katari2/05/2008 02:05:00 a.m.

    Duuuuude, these are so, so nice. Keep it up, love seeing new stuff from you.
    R.

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  5. Bianca Siercke2/05/2008 04:57:00 a.m.

    These are beautiful James!! It really shows that you had fun doing these!

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  6. Emma2/06/2008 09:18:00 a.m.

    I really, really like the third from the last - the woman pensive.

    She looks like you figured out what was going on in her head and picked your lines real carefully... awesome.

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  7. Jehu Campos2/06/2008 06:15:00 p.m.

    I heart, I heart. What's usually the first line you put to the paper?

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  8. Anthony Holden2/09/2008 12:21:00 p.m.

    Fabulous sketches! I totally appreciate the little notes of advice in the upper corner of the 6th--thanks for sharing that, too.

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  9. Albert Sorrentino Jr.2/11/2008 09:41:00 a.m.

    loving this line work!
    Really enjoy the color work as well!

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  10. Richtoon2/11/2008 07:00:00 p.m.

    Great Gestures!!

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  11. Skid Knee2/12/2008 12:16:00 a.m.

    Great sketches! I love em.

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  12. ROBERT BANDEL2/15/2008 11:07:00 a.m.

    love your sketches- I enjoy how you caricature the features as well as the personality- I can't get enough of the Stanchfield notes either

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  13. Clive2/25/2008 11:02:00 a.m.

    Beautiful suite of sketches. Must work small like that. My sketchbook is too big and seems to 'draw' attention and scowls from aggressive paranoid maniacs; huge risk of altercations. With a little unobtrusive sketchbook you can draw people bigger and stronger than yourself instead of being stuck with safe little weaklings. I like the idea of the sketchbrawl too, and using strength of numbers to draw subjects. Maybe physical altercations are less of an issue in the US due to such a relatively large percentage of the public packing heat. Perhaps the subjects assume artists are armed.

    I'm being slightly tongue in cheek...

    Looking forward to more posts as I've been linked to you for yonks.

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  14. Anonymous2/27/2008 08:07:00 p.m.

    What a post!!! Thanks for the inspiration!:)

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  15. Unknown3/07/2008 05:55:00 a.m.

    real friggin fresh J! Your quick sketches are fantastic.

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  16. Anonymous3/09/2008 08:02:00 p.m.

    Hello! My name is Ted. Can we feature you on RhodiaDrive.com? Thank you!

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  17. J3/09/2008 09:29:00 p.m.

    Hey Ted. Of course.

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  18. George3/13/2008 08:05:00 p.m.

    Awesome gestures, makes me want to read Walt's notes again.

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