Tree bark.
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Tree bark.
The other thing I saw in the forest this week was tree bark. I took about 8 million photos of tree bark. And maybe it’s just because I’ve been drawing a lot of naked women lately, but to me some of them look distinctly gynaecological.
Sure, robins are cute. But they’re jerks. This one especially.
Female figure study. Graphite + white pencil on paper.
Female back study.
Graphite + white pencil on paper.
Female figure study, graphite + white pencil on recycled paper.
Sketchin’ some ladies for a change.
Another unfinished figure study, ca. 2008. Oil on hardboard panel.
Another unfinished figure study, ca. 2008. Oil on panel (hardboard).
Moue (unfinished), circa 2008. Oil on something, probably cotton.
An unfinished figure study that never saw the light of day. I have no idea where this is now. Painted over, probably.
I’m trying to get back into figure-based stuff. Looking back at older work, I now realize two unnerving things: 1) I have a terrible track record when it comes to finishing things and 2) I used to be better at drawing than I am now.