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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 22

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Jean Dujardin as OSS 117, drawn while watching OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies . I'm a little disappointed with this one. [Image: black ...
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 21 Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz, by Ciana Pullen. Charcoal, 2012. You may reproduce this but only for noncommercial purposes and you must include easily v...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Holy crap.

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This might be the dumbest link I have EVER posted. It also might be my favorite . Just one example of what awaits you at the link. [Im...

Portrait, Jan. 20

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Husband Watching Walking Dead. [Image: black & white charcoal drawing of head & shoulders of white man nearly in profile. He's...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

A Month Without Mirrors

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I absolutely loved this essay on The Beheld by beauty blogger Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, who recently went a month without looking at her o...
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Portrait, Jan. 19

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Portrait of my cat sitting under an arrangement of white Asian chrysanthemums and baby's breath in a spaghetti sauce jar. She hea...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 18

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Tuppence, from Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence . I'm actually pretty proud of this one. Caricatures are way harder than rea...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 17

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Portrait of my husband while he tells a story. [image: ink drawing of a white man's head with is forehead resting on his fist looking ...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Welcome to the "Dark Side."

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Scheming evil genius Brain (of Pinky & The Brain ) spoofs Orson Welles' charismatic but deadly dishonest villain in The Third Man...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 16

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Melissa Harris-Perry on the Colbert Report . Drawn from the video clip below. I watched the clip over and over because it took me a while ...

Portrait, Jan. 15

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Lily Tomlin as Violet in 9 to 5 . This was drawn from a movie still (I edited out Dolly and Jane, unfortunately. Too much for this drawing...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 14

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Carmen Tisch. Drawn from a photo in a press release, either a mugshot or similar. [Image: black & white realistic charcoal drawing of ...

Portrait, Jan. 13

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Gina from the Agatha Christie/ Miss Marple movie, They Do It With Mirrors. Again, I drew her while the movie was playing, so it's a co...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 12

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Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Drawn over the course of a film as the action unfolded, so it's really more of a Marple composite. [Image...

Portrait, Jan. 11

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Portrait of My Husband While He Falls Asleep Watching Cartoons In Bed. [Image: a collage made of magazine pages in a square format. Horizo...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 10

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Detail of a portrait for a client. [Image: close-up crop of a white man's face smiling and wearing classes, looking up and to the righ...

Portrait, Jan. 9

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Portrait of a Woman Inhaling. Drawn from a photo, an extra reference pic that my client sent me. [Image: Black & white charcoal drawin...
Friday, January 13, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 8

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My God, what an awful portrait. The friend, in real life, looks much less like a pirate, nothing like a cone-headed Burt Reynolds, nor doe...

Portrait, Jan. 7

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Detail of a portrait for a client. [Image: close-up crop of a woman's smiling face in black & white charcoal, realistic and somewh...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Moving Toward the Ugly

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I loved this post up at Leaving Evidence. The author asks, what happens if we stop chasing beauty and start embracing our own ugliness as ...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 6

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Another portrait for a client, so I'm just posting a detail. Chalk pastel, 14 x 17." [Image: a very young baby with closed eyes r...

Portrait, Jan. 5

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I fucked up! I didn't draw today. But I spent considerable time photographing work I did in December, and especially on this one, edit...
Friday, January 6, 2012

Dragon Tattoo violence: is it worth it?

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There's a post up at What Tami Said about Straw Dogs and the violence therein. She read some reviews that ascribed "challenge...
Thursday, January 5, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 4

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Self-portrait while dying my hair. Marker and chalk pastel, 11 x 14." [Image: head and shoulders of a youngish white woman (me) in lo...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Portrait, Jan. 3

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Another portrait for a client, so posting a detail. [Image: detail of black & white charcoal dog face. Realistic, detailed.]

Portrait, Jan. 2

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Another portrait for a client, so just posting a detail of it. [Image: close-up of a wrinkly (bulldog?) puppy face. Realistic, black &...
Monday, January 2, 2012

A Portrait A Day: Jan. 1

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This one is for a client and he hasn't seen it yet, so I'll just post a detail. It is my favorite part of the drawing though. It...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Year's Resolution: A Portrait A Day

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Inspired by Jacob de Graaf's Daily Portrait Project I'm going to draw a portrait every day for a year and post the results on this...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Natalia Moroz

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Natalia Moroz. Boris Pasternak, linocut, 5 x 7." Available on Etsy (see link in post). [Image: stylized black & white block print...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Kent Williams

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Kent Williams. Kevin Llewwllyn as Queen Elizabeth 1, #2 , oil on linen, 2007. I enjoyed looking through Kent Williams' gallery at Me...
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