Adams Red Chalk: February 2011

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Good drawing

I really like this drawing. The model wasn't great and the drawing had a misfire - you can see the back half didn't work out so well. I was running out of time for the top half of the drawing, so I didn't allow myself time to screw up (again). The result was a quick, sure, and overall good drawing.

More more old stuff.

A few more scans from a couple years ago. These are all the same people I've drawn and posted before.

More Old Stuff

Here are a few more drawings. These are a couple years old at this point. I actually have about 8 books of drawings, but only a handful were scanned in.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

YAY!

So here it is, and now I have no more excuses to get things up onto the blog. I just got a Mustek 1200 11x17" scanner. Yay.

Red Chalk

The title of the blog is in reference to my medium of choice : Pitt pastel #188; which most closely simulates the red chalk used by Renaissance artists such as Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Michelangelo.

Authentic red chalk was mined out of existence in the late 1700s, and a synthetic version was created by Nicholas Jaques Conte'. I personally find Conte' crayons to be too dull and oily, and the color to be more brown than red.

I also use standard pencil & charcoal for drawings. Most of my figure drawings are male, and at present the drawings on these pages represent more exercise than 'art'.

All images are copyright adam Leveille, 2008 & 2009. If you'd like to use an image or buy an image please contact me.

Please check out my other blog Simple City Boy to see my comics work, doodles, and a bit more adult naughtiness.
Simplecityboy.blogspot.com

Adams Red Chalk