More Men in Hats

ATC, Markers

It Didn't Start out Purple

Artist Trading Card, Markers

For these value studies, I thought I pulled out the same gray marker I used in my last post.  The barrel of the marker is gray.  It went on gray.

By the next day, it had dried purple.  And what's more, it isn't actually this grape colour, it is more magenta.  Usually my scanner is good with colours, but not this time.  These really are "magic pens", as advertised, only in a slightly different way!

Men in Hats Artist Trading Cards

Markers

Some men in hats jumped out of the journal and onto artist trading cards for our July swap.

After doing one in colour, I decided to play with values:

Steve McQueen

Frank Sinatra

Elegant Writer on Canvas Paper

Benny Hill

Douglas Fairbanks

Pencil Crayon

Men in Hats

I know I've gone through a "drawing men in hats" phase before, but indulge me please.

Playing with Metallic Pencil Crayons

I was browsing Roz Stendahl's blog and came across this post on drawing with metallic pencil crayons. She's the bomb of portrait drawing, IMHO.

I couldn't resist giving Jack Lemon a go.