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Ballpoint Pen drawings

Bragino — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:41:37 +0000

A friend of mine asked me why I draw with a ballpoint pen the other day. When I first began learning to draw the figure I chose to work with pen initially so I couldn't erase. The thought process of having to accept and work with the marks that you put on a page still intrigues me to this day. It generally forces me to be braver when I draw and that always helps create more dynamic drawings, mistakes, and nuances that identify me as an individual. I like to see the struggle of the artist on the page and using a pen or any other permanent tool to make marks with encourages that. Here's some images drawn with a Ballpoint pen.

This is a drawing of Craig who regularly attends the Draw Humans sessions at Theceeflat.

Here's a few drawings of Gestural poses. These were about 2 minute poses

Here's a complete figure drawing from a 20 minute pose of Laura

Cows in Scotland are friendly

Bragino — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:59:11 +0000

I know it sounds corny saying that cows are friendly but that's what I experienced in Scotland when I met some cows grazing in a pasture along the road. They are such beautiful and gentle creatures that are very aware of the things around them especially humans. They remind me a lot of dogs. I was shocked at how moved I was by these wonderful animals. i wanted to visit them everyday I was there in Scotland and was happy when I finally got a good 2 hours to go out and draw them. Here's the results along with some pics and a video of these amazing animals.

A picture of some cows that were interested in what I was doing…

Some drawings of cows in the field.

A video of my new found friends..

Subtle figure drawing

Bragino — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:17:06 +0000

I drew this last week at figure drawing and wanted to share it with you. I feel I captured the subtlety of the model and her relaxed pose. I used the pillows and the fabric in the front to lead you into the composition and to contrast the human form and frame it. Let me know your thoughts about this one.

Digital Painting > Mythic Mountain

Bragino — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:09:51 +0000

My intention here was to create a digital painting from my mind and record the process with a screen capture program to show you the entire progression of the piece but the screen capture crashed right before I was done. So this one has no video to accompany it but I intend to do this now quite often so stay tuned to see some process paintings. For now all I have is the image of the final version of this. My goal for most of these will be to create mood and scale. I really love things that have massive scale and I think this one captures that thought process. Comments are always welcome and thanks for checking this image out.

Figure sketch

Bragino — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:16:01 +0000

There's something about this image that I really like. It's most likely the graphic quality of it. Structurally I think it has strength as well which I'm happy with. I believe the gesture of the pose and the shape the figure makes also feel good to me. It's images like this that keep me studying. There might have been a hand full of images before this that I didn't like but then when you least expect it you hit on something you've been thinking about and striving for. It's like being reborn into the excitement of learning and making new discoveries which is always a great place to be…

Sketch page Jan 2011

Bragino — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:15:37 +0000

Here are some sketches of Bianca Dagga that I did one night at our Friday night figure drawing session..

Drawing of Tania

Bragino — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:29:29 +0000

Here's an image that I drew of a new model we worked with at the end of the year. This is Tania….

This is Jazz

Bragino — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:26:37 +0000

If you've been checking out my blog for some time you may have recognized that I draw Jazz often. She's a very powerful woman with energy to back up her physical strength. She's one of the hardest working dancer/model/actors in Ny. Here's yet another image I've drawn of her. See her official website here..

Figure studies Jazz

Bragino — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:03:37 +0000

Here's a few images drawn of Jazz from one of the recent figure sessions…

Bragino Sketch 100607

Bragino — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:13:35 +0000

Using the Sketchpad on my blog I created this.

I was explaining to a friend the use of contrast or lack thereof to depict distance in a landscape image so today I decided to draw this image and play with the concepts myself. There is also the theory of warm colors vs cool colors in being able to show distance…Distance is shown here by creating less detail in the distance or (background) of this image. The colors used in the background are also cooler colors as compared to the middle ground (really warm and colorful stuff). Then the foreground is established by using lots of detail and the darkest color (black). Usually only the foreground will have high contrast or the use of black/ darker colors in relation to really light colors. These are all things that can be observed naturally outdoors. I am using the concepts and creating my own colors/ arrangement of colors to illustrate this. It's a game of sorts. Take a concept and try it out. That's what I've done here….