Going through the second half of the year or so, looking at some of the sketches I have done… most of these have been posted on my instagram page close to the date they were completed. I have added the better ones to my webpage https://3fb.77c.myftpupload.com/sketches/ I will work on adding them to my pinterest … Read more
I have been spending a lot of my daily sketch time on a small oil painting instead. Seems like if I am going to try to learn more about oil painting skills, working small is a good way to get some finished projects behind me and if they don’t work out, I won’t have used … Read more
7-16-22 I am trying to work larger on the page with this. Seems like I start bigger usually and then things shrink down as I get more accurate with the forms. So I tend to work with small compartments of the page. Here I tried to start large and stay large. Some success I guess. … Read more
This is a door project I have been working on. It is basically a frame and raised panel door made of Alder. I made several sketches before I started , this is what we settled on: At this point the hard part is to be patient and not rush it. It needs to take the … Read more
Here are my pages from the figure drawing session at Art Works in Eagan on January 25th 2021. Again, I am not drawing masks so just making some generalization of a face…
Here are some of my better sketches and I will also put them on the sketchbooks page on the website, (a page that has been neglected lately). Some of these I think actually turned out OK. I am happy with the volume of sketching I accomplished over the last 365 days or so. Still not … Read more
It takes me a while to do these larger pieces. This one I probably started over a year ago. It is a pencil drawing on a piece of Masonite with many coats of gesso sanded smooth. The drawing measures 18″ high by 24″ wide. Like always, I am not sure if I accomplished anything of … Read more
I recently had another fun project carving this fireplace mantel for the home where I had built a couple other mantels over the winter. This one is on the main great room fireplace. It is made of western red Cedar. _________________________ _______________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/ https://3fb.77c.myftpupload.com/
