Another Kirby-esque sketch, insofar as this could be
interpreted as a depiction of Mr. Fantastic’s penis. If one chose to. Again,
done with Tombo marker pens. No white out, as far as I can see.
This drawing was done with Tombo brush pens and white
out pen, very quickly. 10 minutes or less. It reminds me of Jack Kirby, like a
character from the “New Gods” comic.
Once again, colored pencil, non-repro blue, navy blue
and gray, I’d say. I’m sort of proud of this one; it’s completely from my
imagination, done very quickly, in 15 minutes or less.
Same deal as yesterday,
wet-into-wet acrylic using leftover paint, color mixing directly on the page.
Except, this time, I started with a yellowish underpainted wash.
I really like the look of
the last 3 posted paintings; I think they would look great painted large, say
3’ x 4’, maintaining the same large strokes.
Yeow,
I just noticed: this is the 50th post in the “Daily Dick” series.
I’m just about halfway through the “Daily Dick” sketchbook. In order to avoid
repetition (and the accompanying boredom and ennui), I had to keep mixing
things up, trying new shit. Things get even more interesting from here on out.
More acrylic, this time painting wet into wet, doing
the color mixing on the page itself. I was working with leftover paint from
whatever canvas I was doing at the time.
This is done with black
acrylic paint.
It’s
based off yesterday’s colored pencil drawing. I don’t think I referred to the
original photograph; I wanted greater abstraction. I definitely succeeded; the
image is unrecognizable as a close-up of a crotch. It can only be appreciated
as an abstract image and for the sensual pleasure of the smeared paint.
More colored pencil.
This
one is based off a vintage photo from the one of the first gayporn mags I ver
bought, back in 1983. I think I used 3 colors to execute this drawing;
lavender, navy blue and gray. It has a ghostly feel to it.
Still working in colored
pencil here.
This
is sort of the reverse of yesterday’s drawing—I was more concerned with the
negative space. I drew that first and drew in the penis and lower torso as an
afterthought. Once again I used the ability to achieve subtle layering of
color.
This drawing was done with
Prismacolors. I painted the background with off-white acrylic paint.
Prismacolor was my favorite media for working in color before I went to art college. I
still have a soft spot in my heart for them. I like being able to layer colors
and achieve subtle effects with them. Unlike watercolor, they are extremely
forgiving. They don’t demand commitment.
FINLAND! Land of Tom and the
best educational system in Europe (according to Wikipedia).
This photograph of the
pediment of Helsinki’s House of Estates has been modified only slightly; those
18th century dudes had pretty bulgy codpieces. I guess Tom came from
good genetic stock.
I used
Prismacolors and judiciously applied White-out correction pen.
