I was challenged. Yep. And of course, being me, I can't turn down a challenge when one is presented. I have been given the challenge to draw Rob Zombie. I confess that I had heard the name but, didn't have a clue as to who he is.
Turns out that Rob Zombie is an actor, producer, director and composer among other thing. Y'all might know him from the 2003 movie "House Of 1000 Corpses, (yikes, scary stuff), of which he directed. So I was able to get the initial sketch done yesterday......................
He's quite a character. And I thought I might do him the most justice by rendering him in charcoal. I haven't done a charcoal piece in a long time now and I'm really looking forward to this one. Which brings me to another question I was asked recently.
"Do you work in color?, do you paint?" The answer is yes, I do work in color and I also paint, at an easel, on canvas. I specialize in the drawing arts such as graphite, colored pencil, pastel, charcoal and pen and ink. Drawing to me, is just so basic. I feel it is the basis to all visual art. it's simplistic yes, but at the same time even in that simplicity, it is all that is needed to convey the image, to tell the story.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE to paint. Painting is very cathartic to me, relaxing, whereas drawing is, I suppose for me, more intense and more precise and just maybe a little bit more intimidating. I like to step out of my comfort zone from time to time and challenge myself. I like to take on very detailed drawings. Not that a beautiful painting is less work, that's not the case, I just approach it and see it differently.
I actually just bought a bunch of new tubes of paint. And I have a stack of canvases sitting in my studio just waiting to be covered in color. And I will get to them, eventually.
Right now, even Rob Zombie has to be put onto the "back burner" for awhile as I do have an urgent commission that needs my immediate attention. It's a commercial art piece which unfortunately, I am not at liberty to divulge. A lot of commercial work requires a non-disclosure agreement with the artist, usually due to copyright or patent issues, as in this case. I can't even show the work. bummer.
But I am still available for commissions. And of course all systems are "go" for next month and the Williamson County Animal Shelter campaign. For those who don't know, I will be donating 20% of the proceeds from every pet portrait I get commissioned to do to this shelter. So for all of you who are still on the fence about purchasing a portrait, next month would be the perfect time. You get to help out a great cause and get a portrait of your furbaby too!
Yes, I am still working on this piece as well, along with a few others as I seem to be in a very strong work mode right now. I don't want to keep posting it online, every time I work on it as I don't want to bore my audience with too much repetition.
Off to work I go. Have a great and productive week Ill see y'all on Facebook.
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