Drawing

[avram]

During my train trip home my eyes were for some reason refusing to stay pointed at my copy of Accelerando — I’m enjoying the heck out of it, but I just wasn’t in a reading mood — so I pulled out the old modded Winsor Newton pocket sketch journal and the .005 Pigma Micron I keep clipped inside the cover flap and sketched a woman who was napping a couple seats over. Used a Pentel Pocket Brush for the blacks.

Pretty good for a quick-and-dirty shaky train sketch. I need to do this more often.

Hey, I just realized something. Remember those drawings from college that I scanned and posted four years ago? I’m much more skilled now. Sure, duh, I’m twenty years older, but I don’t think I realized that four years ago. I was much more energetic and imaginative in college, but I’m more perceptive now, and have a better repertoire of marks and tools, and know more anatomy. Damn. If I can get that energy and imagination going, I’ll be in great shape.