Sketches from the Field Museum

Nothin' too special here, just updating for the sake of updating.
Ken, Matt and I tried to go to the Shedd yesterday to draw the fishes. Unfortunately, that didn't work out, I have NEVER seen the Shedd so crowded. They were over capacity and wouldn't let people downstairs, it was insane.
We went to the Field Museum instead, which was pretty much deserted. I drew some dinos, which got very smudged while I was carrying the book around :(, and a few people and animals.

New Years Resolutions and Sketch Dump

My new years resolution: draw more, learn pastels.

My parents got me an amazing set of Prismacolor pastels for Christmas, they are wonderful. I've never tried pastels before, so this is all very new to me. Heres my first attempt, a quick portrait of my dog, Missy. I learned a valuable lesson: don't get too excited, sketch first, or you get an out of proportion pup. But strangely shaped dogs aside, it was a lot of fun trying these out and I'm excited to try more. I'm considering taking a pastel class at a local art studio, could be fun, we'll see!

Also below are sketches of people at JFK and Burlington airports from last week. Below that are "master sketches" of Disney's Tarzan- these are not my original poses, they are just copies that I did of pre-existing work to warm up. And last are a few doodles of tree branches with snow, I thought it was kind of fun

More stuff soon!