Charmaine Superstar

Charmaine Superstar, Charcoal on Paper, 18"x24"

Arthur Superstar

Arthur Superstar, Oil Pastel on Paper, 18"x24"

Arthur Superstar

Arthur Superstar, Oil Pastel on Paper, 18"x24"

Arthur SuperStar

Arthur, Oil Pastel on Paper, 18"x24"

This is my friend Arthur :)

Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium, Charcoal on Paper, 16"x18"

This is the second drawing I made of the stadium. I prefer this drawing compared to the other one because to me I felt more familiar drawing the subject. At this point in time I probably have about 6 paintings and only two drawings. Indeed knowledge carries over from painting to drawing, but in the beginning something gets lost in translation until I spend more time drawing.

Isn't that the case with just about everything - it always comes down to time. It probably doesn't help that when I am on the platform I spend equal time talking and making work, especially if there are children. I have a history of being a NYC Public School teacher and Portland, OR Public School teacher and taught in the Peace Corps Philippines so if there are kids around there is something that can be taught and learned by both of us.

Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium, Charcoal on Paper, 18"x24"

Drew on a day when I didn't have much time to return my paint box home after painting. I have rolled my paint box around the city after a days work and it is not too much fun lugging it everywhere. So I try to return home with the box and to wash my brushes. Thus, where there is a lack of time I draw. Actually I have a longer history in drawing than painting. I began drawing classes when I was 14 years old and did not really paint until 30. So drawing is my first instinct.

Howie

While at the dinner I sketched my friend Howie. Oddly enough he was not posing just sitting there talking and eating. There is more of him as a person in the sketch while he was sitting being natural than if he was a frozen form of himself (posing). As an artist the job is a little more challenging because the natural tendency is to chase the direction, change the drawing as the head tilts thus changing the center axis i.e.; eyes, nose, mouth. The idea in drawing and in life I think is to sit back and be a little patient and it works out, most of the time. The other drawings were not as good as this one. Practice, practice practice. . .