Zoo "People"

I recently went to the zoo and it was so hot the animals were nowhere to be seen.  I decided to sketch the other animals walking around.  I always end up drawing the people at the zoo because I find them to be an interesting lot.
These sketches were done fairly quickly and I started using a large sketchbook(9x11) and Copic marker!

Gaze 

No Souvenir

Teddybear head

Tough kid with visor

Umbrella haad

"you mean to tell me that those monkeys can't jump over that railing and attack us?"

Taking pic of the flowers

Grandma walking kid 

Guy with camera

Hawaii five old

Holding up the fence

Last class of the year!

Marissa Gomez was here! Last class at DW till mid January.  Keep up the sketchbooks between now and then!!!

Good ol' paper

I was given a "blaisedell" by an amazing mentor and friend named Glen.  I'm sure you can figure out who it was.  His last named rhymes with "spleen." Ha ha, anyhow I got the bug to post...

For those of you who don't know what the Blaisedell is read this from Jenny.

Centaur-ettes

I've got a new roommate at DW "Jeff Snow!" He's challenged me to post more stuff so today the theme is Centaur.  So here ya go. Check him out though he's awesome! Jenny Lerew is jumping in on it too!!! Sweet! anyone else want to join in? Post a centaur today!

Additions to the group;
Josh Lieberman
Ryan Green
Max Lawson

DW Zoo trip

I went to the Zoo last week with Dave Derrick and the DW artists.  It was great as we braved all the spring breakers running the zoo animals ragged.  One of my favorite moments was listening to the people at the Zoo talk about the animals they were viewing, quite interesting as you'll see in the sketch below.  Enjoy!

Hair tip

Happy New Year!

I've gotten the question asked so many times "how do you handle hair?" and I try to keep my answer as simple as I can. The hair lines need to be in the direction of the haircut or hair style, everyone's different. I see a ton of sketches that just crosshatch the hair or tone it in a one-line direction. I think that's a really quick way to flatten the volume on any head of hair. Next time you sketch someones dew try to follow the natural lines. Draw the cut or style of the person and draw your strokes in the direction of the hair. Ok, well my answer went a bit long but I get a little into it...ha!

These three lil' sketches are my very first sketches of 2010! I'm blasting through a little 3x5 moleskine. It's fun. {pics taken with my iphone so res will be a bit low}

Araceli

Diego

Gabriel