Edison Jack

While still small, this sketch is a bit larger than the last one I did of Bram. My next sketch is going to be substantially larger than both of these. Time to work big again for a change, just to mix it up a bit. I've also been collecting photos of friends' dogs for me to use for additional studies, also to keep things interesting. I'm contemplating selling custom dog portraits. I know this is a really weird concept and not something I would normally do, but I love to draw dogs and on a few of the occasions I've done a drawing for someone simply because I thought they'd like to have one of their best-friend-with-a-tail, they've gone nuts and insisted I need to do be paid for my work and should never just give it away. While it's nice to make money while making art, it isn't the driving force behind anything I do. Still, if I'm going to draw dogs (which I will) and people want to buy drawings of their dogs (which apparently they do), it would make sense for me to be the one getting paid, right? Until I make the final decision on this, or even find the time to make this a regular part of my already busy schedule, I'll just keep on drawing my own two boys and making my friends happy with surprise portraits of their own beloved animals.

Study of Edison Jack Looking Over His Shoulder, graphite on paper, 2009