Art John Hayes Art John Hayes

Morning Coffee

Here is a sketch of my morning coffee. I am still working on the perspective of the top. Still too round and doesn’t give the depth of the angle. I now realize this is my left brain telling me what I am seeing and what I should draw. Next time I need to use the picture plane to get it into a two-dimensional view.


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Self Portrait

So I have some work to do on my realistic sketching skills.  Interesting how this benchmark sketch, along with my hand and person from memory, indicates where my drawing skills currently are.

This self-portrait is a data point, not a criticism of where my skills are currently.  I am only concerned with improving against myself, not comparing myself to others.

I’m the only one on my journey.

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Star Wars

I am working on using my pen and thumb to measure perspective. Use your pen or thumb to help sketch a 3-dimensional image onto a 2-dimensional media. Holding your arm against your body, you can see down your pen or thumb to gauge how key landmarks line up together—another skill to learn on my sketching journey.

The simplicity of one pen on a sheet of paper has been great. No decisions or angst over pens, colors, paper vs. sketchbooks; pull out my pen and pad and draw.

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