Thin Pen Portraits

I spent the week trying out a thin pen to create my portraits. Unlike my favorite felt pen, the narrow tip of the Micron pen forced me to be more careful and conservative with my lines. I often found myself practicing each stroke before I committed it to paper. Of course, this means it is much more difficult to finish a drawing in 10-15 minutes.

I LOVE the way my hatching looks with this pen, though!

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Ferret

Trying out a challenge to myself - to create "finished" pieces with a limited color palette on a consistent schedule. I am still working out the final guidelines. I think I would like to challenge myself to use a new texture in each piece as well. I've had this unfinished sketch in my sketchbook forever. Even though I'm not entirely happy with it - it feels great to finally have it done!

Ice Skating Characters

A Competent Profile

As I start to become more familiar with proportions and measurements for the various faces I attempt to draw, I am starting to wonder how to make a more complete portrait with my limited time. Do I stick to lines? Do I bring a brush and some ink? Which lines should I include? Which shapes are important to represent? Maybe this is a good time to look at the work other artists have done and try to work out some of their methods.

Rainbow Bisque

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