Figure drawings

Figure drawings from life drawing class,
graphite and colored pencil on paper (42 x 56 cm)

My study of Rubens "Two Satyrs"

I have worked the last few days on my study of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). It's called "Two Satyrs" and is one of my favorite portraits by the artist. I have done this study with Photoshop, but I worked like I imagined an classical oil painter would do it. I started with a monochrome underpainting, added the basic colors and finally went into the details.

Portrait sketches

The first thing I want to show you guys is this caricature of the german comedian and singer Max Raabe. The sketch is drawn with pencil on paper and the painting is done in Photoshop.

I also did a study of a drawing by the Russian-American artist Nicolai Fechin (1881-1955), an amazing draughtsman and one of my favourite artists when it comes to facial expression.

October sketchbook

Hey guys,

first of all I want to apologize that I've become a bit lazy with posting stuff here. I have worked a lot with my anatomy books during the last weeks and try to learn how to draw figures and portraits from imagination. But most of the stuff goes directly into the trash can, so there is not much to show yet :)

My plans for the next months are to learn constructive anatomy from the books of George Bridgman, Michael Hampton, Gottfried Bammes and David Rubins. I will start with the skeleton framework and then study the layers of muscles. I'm also planning to do lots of gesture drawings from life, photographs and works of the great masters.

If you got any tips and hints for me, please let me know. I attach of a few sketchbook pages from the last weeks.

Character designs

The journey

Sketches and watercolor experiments