Experimentation & Practice

^(Black felt tip marker)



^(Black felt tip marker)

^(Pencil, ink, PhotoShop)

Three drawings in one post! I know, I know, the dates are spread out over three days, but it's still a noteworthy achievement, on this blog anyway. I've been working only with black felt markers a lot more lately because I want to train myself to be a little looser with my drawings and not worry so much about perfection. Once a line is down, it's down. If the line I put down is a mistake, I have to live with it and move on. The greatest thing I've noticed about working only with a permanent medium is that, the more I work with it, the more skilled and attentive I become when I use erasable mediums.

Oh! ...and if you're just stopping by, say hi in the comments section of the newest post.

A Sketchbook. Who needs it, really?

I didn't have the o'l sketchbook with me, so what do I do? Grab a pen and the nearest piece of blank paper (which in this case happens to be the back of one my church's offering envelopes)!

This piece is a great reminder that no matter where you are or what you have with you, you can almost always find time to sketch something.



(the preliminary sketch)

Marker crazy!

I originally did this piece in graphite, but when I started inking, I just couldn't stop! Before long the whole page was covered in marker. Not bad, for my first all-marker drawing.

Finally! This is the sketch I've been trying to post. Every time I tried to upload the file straight to BlogSpot, a pop-up kept informing me that "An Error Occurred While Uploading." After four or five of those (each time with different formats), I just decided to host all my image files on Flickr.com and just link'm (which I suspect BlogSpot may be pushing other users to do. I don't know.).

-Jonathan

Dang it!

(the sketch that would be here can't be uploaded because of a few problems with blogspot)

Today I'm starting a 5 week summer Worldview course at CCU's north campus to take care of my sophomore SBS (Social Behavioral Science) requirement. I'm not sure how often I'll be able to post in the next few weeks, but who knows? Maybe I'll post some stuff from class--it might start you thinking about a few things.

Just consider this a fair warning: All the views presented in this blog are the expressed views of Jonathan Grimm and do not in any way reflect the endorsement of BlogSpot.com.
This is just a little notice for those of you who might get a little offended at what I may be posting pretty soon.

-Jonathan