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Merchant Marine
I did this sketch at a life drawing class at the Seafarers International Union in Manhattan. These artists will hold these events in any space they can rent with enough room to hold all the artists. A...
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Daily Dairy Clown Show
21 million dairy calves are slaughtered for veal or cheap beef every year globally. A good reason to become vegan.
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Face Time
There is something called The Sketchbook Project. It's basically a library that holds thousands of PEOPLE's completed sketchbooks. Anyone can participate. You can purchase one of their standardized...
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Tattooman
In a recent life drawing class, there was a Hells Angles looking guy who had arms like small telephone poles. He was in my line of vision while everyone was drawing their endless one minute poses. So I...
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Dude Instead Of A Lady
I know all of the life drawing class sketches I've been posting are of female models. Occasionally there is a dude modeling at these events. Here you go ladies.
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Plastic Catch
More than 5 trillion pieces of plastic are already floating in our oceans. About 8 million metric tons of plastic are thrown into the ocean annually. That's quite a bit of food for thought.
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Black Glasses
I did this illustration at the The National Arts Club in NYC during a life drawing class. I began to notice the other artists were mostly all wearing black reading glasses to assist in their sketching....
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Another Unending Life Drawing
This is a second drawing I did at the Seafarers International Union. This model knew how to pose.
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Mankind
I have discovered a kooky old drawing studio in east chinatown that has tons of life drawing classes. It's a relic of a bygone era. The place is always full of men with white goatees, hands covered...
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Colored Pencil Nude
When I'm at a live model class, I always draw with pens. This day I decided to give the old colored pencils a whirl.
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Dave Grohl's Drum Kit
On my recent trip to Seattle over christmas, I went to something called The Pop Culture Museum. It is by far, the most expensive museum I ever entered. The price was $32 bucks. The space is huge with...
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Commingle
As I’m doing life drawing, I’m also constantly designing how it all looks on the page. It’s not just random sketches but part of a journey to where this kind of exercise will evolve my so-called art.
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Maya
When I showed up at one of my life drawing classes recently, I realized I forgot my glasses. This basically rendered me blind. So I decided to go with my colored pencils to try and hide the drawing...
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Breasts
I was drawing the two girls sitting next to me at Big Object Studio, life drawing class in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. When I showed them what I was doing, the girl with the long hair said, "aren't you Tommy...
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Pigs On The Barbie
Pigs have been found to be mentally and socially similar to dogs and chimpanzees. So maybe it would be a good idea not to barbeque them. Being vegan has its rewards. You're healthier and you feel...
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The Doctor Is In
When I go figure drawing, I now feel like a doctor. I see more naked bodies of every shape and size than most people will in a lifetime. Plus I have to stare at them so intently and memorize every...
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Minerva's Class
At the spring street studio figure drawing class there are a lot of really old dudes who attend religiously. Many times when I’m drawing I get pulled out of my deep sketching zone by a strange sound. I...
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Kane's Anatomy
I have enrolled in a new drawing class called KANE’S ANATOMY. Sometimes I get distracted because the instructor is very attractive. The good thing is that I’m the only student in the class. Some...
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Popeye The Vegan
Most people are unaware that Popeye is vegan. I'm sure they also don't know that Lisa Simpson, Bugs Bunny, and Brian Griffin are also vegan. If they can do it, then so can you. Brooklyn based, Popeye...
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Collaboration With John Casey
This is my first drawing collaboration with another artist. John Casey is having a gallery show in California. He draws a hand and a pair of pants and then asks different artists to make it into a work...
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Model Socks
During one of these rare cold days in new york, the model asked if she could leave her socks on halfway through. Then she went for the scarf too. It was a nice change from the usual.
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Folding Chair
Figure drawing is all about folding chairs. Every place I go has every variation of old folding chair ever sold. From cheap falling apart plastic to ancient 20 pound metal ones, they are all accounted...
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