November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 13) Eva!

I think this was around 17 hours of drawing. Definitely 2 days and some hours after finishing some details or corrections. Its the longest I've spent on a drawing, and I think it shows. The drawing is of a sweet little old lady in Leksands Church Choir. I've drawn her around 7 times before I drew this one. It really helped to have that experiance before I attempted this one.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 12) Timjan!

I don't draw my son much. He rarely sits still, even for a picture. My mother n law was over the other day and took some awesome portrait shots of our kids sitting or standing next to our window. It was close to sunset and the light drenched everything in a warm yellow. The photos were instant inspiration to draw or paint. So more to come!
I might give this one another shot one day, but it would be nice to do a larger painting, and try to capture his likeness more. He's a beautiful boy!

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 10-11) Music

I spent this weekend drawing at Folkmusiknatta i Falun (Folk Music Night in Falun) There where three stages, with performers playing traditional Swedish folk music, new folk stuff, American, and a little Indian. The musicians would play in the hallways or waiting rooms and jam, or join in with strangers who were playing familiar folk music. Members of the bands would also join in before or after their show. Some of these groups would have 8-20 people. It was from 6pm till 1am, and I pretty much drew the whole time. So I'm counting it as 2 days of drawing.

Warm-ups. The man with the guitar was very energetic for an old guy, and the bottom right was the first cello I've drawn. The sketches were drawn with a 2mm, 2b lead. The bottom left was drawn with a .9mm, 2b lead.

Hawkins Hawaii Trio. The band was great to listen to. Great slide guitar from this guy. I kind of rushed drawing the instrument, and should of added more detail. I also had to draw this in the dark so I used a 3mm, 6b lead.

The guy on the top had a great little stance while playing. I tried, but couldn't capture it. The other sketches are of Deliverance. A bluegrass group that sang all the songs, in English without a Swedish accent! I was amazed at how authentic they sounded. The guy on mandolin was an awesome singer. It was fun to listen to the bands introduce themselves or the songs in Swedish, but say the titles in English.

I found these two playing in the stairwell. They had a nice little area all to themselves. They had these great little stances while they played that was hard to capture. The girl was more hunched over, as if she was trying to hide. She played harmonica and sounded awesome.

 Crazy old man. Thats all I got to say.

There was one room that played folk dance music all night. Toward the end of the night they had 25 people on the stage playing mostly fiddles.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 9) Cody!

Cody from my friend Will Terrell's Superzeros. He's one of the characters that Will draws in his online comic. Lots of fun, and entertaining characters, and I really dig on his colors.

Colors, amp, cords and a few wardrobe changes coming soon.
http://willterrell.com/
http://superzeroes.net/

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 8) Maia!

Maia, my daughter. Around 20 minutes.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 7) Anki!

My wife is kind enough to let me torture her by drawing her endlessly and needlessly over and over, and over again. I have maybe over 100 drawings and paintings of her. With various degrees of quality. I love her, and she is my favorite model.

 Prismacolor Tuscan Red, and white pencil. I liked how the nose, and how the hair came out.

I drew this a month ago, but I have it here for comparison. I like the shadows and value range, but the hair needs to be rendered more, among other things.

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 6) Violins!

Violins!

On Mondays, Leksands Spelmanslag, the folk instrument players in Leksand get together, practice, and jam. Its great music to draw too. I was invited to come draw while they played. A little hard to do since they move so much and their expressions change often, but great fun! Their was a couple of warm up sketches I did before these that didn't make the cut.

Magnus Sanden. 1 hour. Could use a little more detail in the hand and arm. Magnus is a good friend here in Leksand. He can sing any song and play any instrument.

 Warm-up 20mins

November 30 Days of Drawing (Day 5)

Profiles. Pro files? Pro fillets?

A quick one
Needs a little work, but I liked how the hair came out.

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November 30 Days of Drawing (Days 1-4)

MOOSE!
For November I'm going to do at least one drawing a day and try to post it each day.
The first four days of November I was drawing moose for an upcoming book I'm working on. TBA
After drawing moose for 4 days i think I'm about 50% the way there. They are alot harder to draw then I thought. Harder to draw than houses. Which I thought at first they where just horses with big horns. I have come across 5 moose in Sweden two of which were a mother and her offspring crossing the road. They are very peaceful and beautiful to watch graze or stride.

The bottom one I tried to make the antlers look more like a crown, as they did in the picture. In Sweden the moose, called elk (älg), are the kings of the forest and their antlers symbolize their crown.

My favorite out of the bunch. The eye needs a little work.

Rolf Markusson Svensk glasmästare ( Swedish glazier )

Rolf has taught me how to make stained glass windows, how to be a glazier, and about patience. I wanted to do a painting of Rolf. He'll be 72 soon. Maybe have it done for his birthday. The first step is to do a pencil study. Then a small burnt sienna pick-out. I don't know if I will complete a full color painting, but we'll see.