It's amazing to me how often I forget to what extent I love drawing expressive faces and just how much it scares me to start new ones at the same time. Ahhh, that imposter syndrome is deeply ingrained in me! I started this with the blue background and red-orange hair. On a side note, I'm … Continue reading Jubilation – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Bone Tired – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
I think my favourite aspect of using messy oil pastels is that when you rub them, they develop volume, tonal changes, and textures similar to the painted glass one finds in great cathedrals. I tweeted the lighting. on this one a little and it looked like it's lit from behind. I'm not sure if I … Continue reading Bone Tired – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Earlier days – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Drawn after "Age is a Mindset", as a result of reflecting on why I wanted to have long hair on these self-portraits. n my early twenties, my hair was very long and sleeked back behind my ears... like many middle-aged men, I selectively pick the joys of my earlier life to reminisce upon and portray … Continue reading Earlier days – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Age is a Mindset – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
In the many conversations I have with my fellow art teachers, there's always a common thread of seeking to understand how the materials I use are meaningfully connected. Most recently, the question of whether to not the music behind these drawings has influenced my composition... The question came from my music teacher friend and she … Continue reading Age is a Mindset – Sheet-music Scribbles 2023
Taken Aback – Music-book Doodles 2022
I've drawn this one before differently... I feel I have a slew of portraits/faces I would like to redo in different styles... I don't recall getting as successful an expression in the first attempt. She appears intensely shocked at something. The messy blending technique I'm loving these days really works on the facial tones... it … Continue reading Taken Aback – Music-book Doodles 2022
Overheard Gossip – Music-book Doodles 2022
I'm not saying everyone is like this, but gossip does seem to attract ones attention quite easily. For me, I find myself engaged in an elaborate inner dialogue, an elaboration of the snippet of story I've overheard. I think to myself, I'm allowing an intellectual pursuit and creative adventure when elaborating the backstory and imagined … Continue reading Overheard Gossip – Music-book Doodles 2022
Simple Beauty – Music-book Doodles 2022
Maybe she's not perfect, but she is beautiful. What makes her beautiful to me, I will keep to myself. I think all judgements of beauty are completely and should be completely subjective. In my experience, it isn't the individual features that dictate beauty, but rather how they interact and the way a person's mannerisms act … Continue reading Simple Beauty – Music-book Doodles 2022
Foolish Mind – Music-book Doodles 2022
The fool is a wonderful character to play with... they are full of drama, intrigue, deceit, and secrets... all hiding under their humorous facade. They hold tremendous power, but never the opportunity to use it. Remarkably dispensable in all social situations. Perhaps feared as they are always present and seem to be listening when people … Continue reading Foolish Mind – Music-book Doodles 2022
Aren’t I Pretty – Music-book Doodles 2022
I've been wanting to revisit some old portrait drawings / paintings and just hadn't been able to get them going... this is the first. of many to come... she is done in film pastels on salvaged music sheets. The pastels really pop on this paper. he inspiration was one of my frequent inner dialogues with … Continue reading Aren’t I Pretty – Music-book Doodles 2022
Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Twenty-Nine: Crossed Signals
See T'Hed Twenty-Eight for more on this process... Momentary confusion ensues when the directors forget where they are and the various protagonists fly into the frame in seemingly different scenes... The floating orange blocks add no clarity to the perplexity. Yet, what is creates is an interesting tableau for the editor to consider. Stay tuned … Continue reading Working out an Inspiration – T’Hed Twenty-Nine: Crossed Signals
The New Renaissance Mindset 