Thursday, June 9, 2011

"Charles Darwin"

"Charles Darwin"
5 x 4 in
Ball Point Pen
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I know this is not an alla prima painting but I wanted to share one of my ball point pen drawings that I love to do, its a good break from the alla prima's that I enjoy so much.  This drawing I did a couple months back and finally I'm posting it, I was able to get a good scan of it and show it to everyone.  These ball point pen studies really are done for practice and I hardly even think of them as show pieces.  There is no particular reason why I decided to draw Darwin other than the fact that I came across his portrait and really loved the texture in his skin and decided to just render the heck out of it.  I really enjoy doing this drawings I apply what I learn to my paintings, I strongly believe that drawing and painting are so closely related.  If you'r a good draftsmen than painting will not be so difficult for you, a lot of people overlook drawing as not important but in reality its everything.  I always love to go back to drawing and brush up on the fundamentals.  I hope you guys enjoyed this one, thanks for stopping by!

4 comments:

Candace X. Moore said...

Nice, Jonathan. Looks like fun. This explains why your paintings are so successful.

Totally agree with your comments on the importance of drawing skills. I think also that it's a skill that needs to be worked out on a regular basis or it can be lost. Good post. Best, Candace.

oil painting clean colors said...

Great work! Thanks for sharing this!

Anonymous said...

You have a gift with this medium, that is very obvious!! Bravo!!!!!

Lokelani Forrest said...

Bravo!! You've done a wonderful job.