Silverpoint on Ochre

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Sketch of a Young Man's Head on Ochre, 2009, silverpoint on prepared card, 11" x 8.5". Highlighted with white watercolor pencil.

Young Man Among the Ruins

Another new drawing, I seem to be cooking now...


Young Man Among the Ruins, 2009, ink on paper, 23.5" x 18".

Head of a Young Man

Brush & ink on paper, 2008, 11" x 8.5" approx.

I guess the point of drawings like this one above & the one below, is to keep my muscles (hand muscles & brain/drawing muscles) limber. I find that if I go too long without this kind of exercise, it's harder to get back into the rhythm of creating drawings...it also strikes me that I could do this almost endlessly--spend every day creating heads without repeating myself too excessively. However, that's probably a delusion...