aggressive tombo sketches on 5.2.12

Considering the model this week, I thought it would be interesting to use brush pens with my 8.5x11 sketchbook. My aim was to make these drawings look more aggressive with very liberal use of the darkest marker. It really took some fine control to get the gestures to look right. 


2 min gestures: 

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15 min sketches: 

20 min poses: 

some more recent stuff from 2.8.12

This week, I decided to use fineliner pen because I hadn't sketched with it for a while. Another thing I wanted to try to do based from the core77 blog forum critique, was to try to do a quicker line drawing and putting focus on one area. These sketches focused on the face. Some are decent, some are pretty good. 

2 min gestures: 

5 minute poses:

10 minute pose:
15 minute pose:

20 minute poses (one with a tiny hand): 

a little from the old book, a little from the newer one...

With this week, I used a fine point sharpie pen and a wide permanent marker for the sketches. The gestures looked pretty messy, but created a nice grungy effect with the toned paper. As the session went on, I ran out of the pages in the toned sketchbook and switched over to the newer white sketchbook. A wide permanent marker is pretty challenging to use. I think next time, I should use a drier marker! 

2 min gestures: 

5 minute poses: 

15 minute poses: 

an earlier experiment with tombos from 10.19.11

Tombos are pretty fun to use. I think with some of these more developed sketches, I wasn't exactly sure which color I should have used to capture skin tone. The confusion actually made for pretty cool sketches. 

2 minute gestures: 

5 min poses: 

15 minute pose:

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10 minute pose: 

tombos part II

This is another attempt at tombos, but this time I'm utilizing color. I wasn't really satisfied with most of the gestures, because it seemed like I was sketching with a highlighter. The later sketches progressed into something watercolor-y. Overall, it was a fun exploration. 

5 min gesture page

20 minute poses

 

tombos!

I've found that the tombo brush pen was pretty challenging, considering that its very sensitive towards thick-thin lines. You really need a good hand to control one of these! 

2 min poses 

5 min poses 

5 min poses. i'm trying out sketching lines and initial blocking of shadow areas. 

15 minute poses. my attempt at a three value sketch

sketches from 12.7.11

With figure drawing I always like to use different mediums. Fineliner pen is challenging because it requires a more committed stroke. The results look clean, yet energetic. Hatching makes these sketches pop. 

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