the answer my friend, is blowing in the wind...

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second.

I live like a poet and i'll die like a poet.

- Bob Dylan

You either hate Bob Dylan,

or you love him.

There is no in between. 

i love him.

love his music,

love his poetry,

love his ability to reach so many hearts

with a song.

I don't really think much about the colors i choose.

Whatever feels right at the time.

In this case, 4 crayola crayons - plus black at the end.

For the dark shadows and thinner lines around the eyes,
I use wooden colored pencils.

you can see the difference in the eyes especially...

Maybe i made him look a little younger...

or more angry. :-)

The most important thing when doing something like this,

is to keep the hand loose,

to try to have fun,

to not be afraid to have extra lines,

and extra squiggles.

You can always apply color over them later.

Plus, the squiggles makes it more interesting, 

don't you think?

If i'm gonna do a bob dylan portrait 

that looks EXACTLY like the photo,

i may as well just have the photo.

It's not important to be precise and exact.

It's important to feel good when you're drawing.

It's important to trust yourself.

It's important to let your hand dance across the page

and color lightly in some places and darker in others

and feel the freedom of just scribbling colors

one over the other.

And if portraits aren't your thing, that's ok!

You can scribble an abstract, or a still life,

or a landscape...

it's all still beautiful,

and there's just such freedom in scribbling.

(and in music)

xox

A portrait of Richard Desjardins

This is Richard Desjardins,

another Canadian singer songwriter (from Quebec)

that I love.

I thought i'd attempt to do a very loose portrait of him

with my giant box of Crayola wax crayons.

I used a large poster sheet i had hanging around the house,

(2 feet x 3 feet)

I think his face is so interesting.

Or maybe I just have a thing for musicians?

;-)

Obviously a very loose drawing...

I ended up adding a bit of oil pastels to it

when the wax crayons just weren't dark enough.

Doesn't look much like him

but it's at least a portrait.

and it was so much fun to do.

I love the squiggly lines everywhere...

Happy Friday everyone!

Try to do at least one thing that brings

a smile to your face today.

Maybe go out and buy a box of Crayolas

and play. 

xoxo