I spent many an early morning and many a late night in the stands in those cold arenas cheering for hockey teams! Good thing I love my son and the game! It was exciting to cheer last night but from the comfort of a warm sofa with a glass of wine in hand it wasn't quite the same.Here are two sketches. The first one, from last night, is the EDM 261 challenge, draw something from the Olympics. I had forgotten how hard it is to draw hockey players in motion!
The other is of my son. It was done probably around 1987. He played from the time he was eight until his sophomore year in college when he gave up his hockey scholarship to come back to Chicago and major in art.
Great work.
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are really wonderful! You caught the motion and energy in the first one, and the anticipation in the second. Well done! nancy
ReplyDeleteI'll second Nancy's comment because that's just what I was going to say!
ReplyDeleteThese are both wonderful! Were you really able to sketch them "live?"
ReplyDeleteOh, I love these. I'm so glad you have the one you did of your son. It's beautiful, and the first one captures the movement so well! I love it, off-centered like this, with the words to the left. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThese are so well done!
ReplyDeleteExcellent sketches!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your kind comments.
ReplyDeleteShirley, they were done live. Hockey players standing still often strike the same pose so the one of Andrew was done "live" but over the entire time of a practice. The Olympic sketch was also done over the space of the game. I did it in pencil first and erased anything that didn't look like a player - note there wasn't much left! LOL
Simply amazing! I've enjoyed watching the Olympics and have had my sketchbook on my lap ... haven't gotten the courage to try to sketch yet.
ReplyDeleteYou did it. You caught the action.
ReplyDeleteNice pieces.
Wonderful sketches! I really like the way you've used the lost and found edges!
ReplyDeleteThese are super sketches. I love the 'lost edges'.
ReplyDeleteArt definitely beats hockey :) Very lively sketches!
ReplyDeletecool pictures...
ReplyDeleteyour works of art have the touch of a graphic designer...
and it is good...
congratulations...
Thank you for your comment. These new landscape sketches were actually influenced by some of your beach scenes. I mentioned that on my last post, but I should have mentioned it again! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Raena, I don't know how I missed your kind mention! I must have been too caught up in the great sketches!
ReplyDeleteVery vibrant and fluid motion! Thanks for your comments on my drawing
ReplyDeleteThese are two stunning sketches! I don't come here often enough lately...but fret not, I will soon be back on Africantapestry and visiting more regularly...you are so inspiring with your wonderful sketching!
ReplyDeleteRonelle