drawing RSS
Christmas Girl from the US circa 1900
This is a little drawing I made a couple of weeks ago. It has been a while since I posted new drawings to the website. The outfit of this maiden looked pretty interesting, and so I drew it. The original maiden was from the US, and the date is the start of the 20th century. A lot of things have changed over the past 100 years. Thought lately, it all feels pretty stagnated. Nothing seems to have taken a great leap forward. I guess it feels like this since we are living in this time. Take a couple centuries and...
Sleepy People in FIU
I was looking through my art supplies to make new product descriptions when I ran into this sketchbook. I could not find the brand for it, so instead I decided to feature it in the blog. I bought this in FIU around 2009. I was bored in class, and the teacher did not allow computers in class. It seems a bit juvenile that teachers continue with the same nonsense even in college. After all, students and Uncle Sam are paying for the classes. Who cares if they want to waste their time and not pay attention? Frankly, college felt like...
English Lady circa 1780
Giving it some thought, I do not remember seeing a lot of red headed women in paintings. This is in part of due to the general belief that the read heads were demonic. They also did not take too lightly to left handed people. This superstition still continues in the UK. Some families were even bullied out of the neighborhood. It's a bit silly how these things may continue in Europe. Then again, Europe has always worn two faces. Behind all their glorious glamour there is a dark underbelly that is slowly rotting them away. It has always been so...
English Chevalier circa 1650
Here is a somewhat old drawing featuring British knight of sorts. This was the sort of fashion that was popular in the British court. They would not battle in those outfits. Rather, they would sit and chat with their fellows about the weather, hunting and occasionally diplomacy. The rapier was also part of the outfit. It evolved from the Spanish, Espada Ropera. Original specimens are shorter, but extremely sharper. They can pierce right through a pig in one trust. That is how those swords were tested. Poor, pigs. Anyhow, the rapier that evolved from it, took on many forms. Most...
Magic Man from Ireland circa 1910
Here is a nice little drawing featuring a magic man from a picture book I saw. Originally, his costume was in black and white. In my version, I added a bit of color to all his aspects. I thought he looks interesting enough. During the 1910s, it was the golden age of book illustrations. Books were designed with fancy illustrations to be given as gifts in Christmas. This trend died with the stock market crash. Even when the economy recovered, fancy books became too expensive to produce. As such, it was abandoned by the publishing companies. There are notable exceptions....