This freehand graphite portrait of actress Jordana Brewster (I know she’s more known for other things, but I loved her in the TV show “Lethal Weapon”) started out as a lighter sketch, but I later went back and put more […]
Sketches
A couple years ago, I worked on a series of sketches to force myself to draw faster and looser, and this freehand drawing of actress Alexandra Daddario came out of that. Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/alexandra-daddario-original-sketch-not-a-print Purchase link […]
This colored pencil-on-toned tan freehand drawing of Jennifer Love Hewitt is actually from 2018, but someone had requested a print of the drawing, so I didn’t scan it in until last year. This is from a series of sketched I […]
Here’s a more rough, quicker sketch of the lovely Rebecca Romijn. This was a fun one to do. It is still, however, tough to do a rougher drawing and consider it done. 🙂 Purchase link to buy this drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/original-sketch-of-rebecca-romijn-not-a-print […]
As a response to the warm reception some Office fans gave me regarding my Office themed drawings, I decided to do a “quicker” colored pencil drawing of Jenna Fischer (who played Pam on The Office) and share it with them. […]
In an effort to do more sketches more often of various people, a subject like the beautiful Zoe Saldana is an easy one to gravitate toward. This drawing was done freehand (like the others) with graphite pencils. Link for prints: […]
Here is a batch of Big Bang Theory themed character sketch cards I did for a customer upon request. Doing small portraits is way out of my comfort zone, but upon starting to do more sketch cards, I’ve found it […]
One of the many sketched I did was this freehand colored pencil drawing of the lovely Stana Katic on toned tan paper. It was definitely a shorter-timed, rougher sketch, but I put extra time in on it to finish it […]
As and Office and Parks & Rec fan, it’s easy to love Rashida Jones. Late last year (2017), I tried doing almost nightly sketches — shorter, timed portraits. It was a stretch for me, especially in trying to draw faster, […]
The second batch of sketch cards I did for Topps was their “Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Series 1” Trading Card set, which released December 15, 2017. These are just a few of the 35 or so I did […]
I’m a real sucker for a good mashup. In anticipation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens I did this colored pencil/pencil/marker drawing of Kylo Ren from Star Wars with Ren & Stimpy (and Stimpy as Captain Phasma) Purchase link for […]
In the middle of working on other projects, while watching my Clean Films edit of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” I felt inspired to work on a new piece with Joel and Clem. (I actually did one for Amy […]
I love love loved The Rocketeer when it came out in 1991. It’s definitely a modern classic to me and when looking for a new project to work on in one night, I decided on this colored pencil on black […]
Continuing the sketches on toned paper (Tan in this case), here’s “Good Cop” from The LEGO Movie. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/good-cop-full-color-drawing-print-from-the-lego-movie Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/original-drawing-of-good-cop-from-the-lego-movie-not-a-print
I started a sketch before this one — and a new detailed pencil portrait — but put those on hold once I picked up my first-ever pad of black paper. I keep a folder of images on my iPad […]
Continuing a run of sketches on toned paper in quicker bursts of time, I opted for this Colored Pencil Sketch of Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy. Love the film. Love the character, and I thought I’d give this one […]
The same night I finished Ron Perlman as Vincent, I decided to try to punch out a quick sketch. Less than 2 hours later (with some of that time being spent drawing this while watching TV), I had this Darth […]
I took a stab next at a drawing of Henry Cavill as Superman one night… but after failing to nail a different pose properly. I scrapped it and went with this one instead. Mostly happy with the result… Purchase link […]
This was pretty fun too — trying to capture Emmet from a screenshot from “The LEGO Movie.” This one was just a couple hours one night while watching TV. Prints are available upon request!
My third attempt at doing a full, quick sketch in one night went to Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger — a character that’s been making waves on TV in the show “Agent Carter.” This one was pretty […]
The next night, I worked on the Toned Gray paper for the first time. I decided to try a new pose of Arrow and see if I couldn’t just improve on the other likeness. I liked the vibe of this […]
While working on a commission piece and also while working on another portrait, I felt inspired to visit Blick and get some different papers to experiment on. Also, I wanted to try my hand at some quick original drawings that […]
(finished product, April 27, 2013) This drawing has an interesting story to me… I started it in my sketchbook on December 30, 2002 and apparently only worked on it the following day before never coming back to it. (Although I […]
I was paging through a comic book recently and saw this really excellent drawing of a person that bordered on portrait quality while still being comic book art. In the drawing there was great detail where a lot of the […]
Here’s the latest… Continuing with marker drawings after finishing the last pencil portrait. This is a version of Soundwave from Transformers. The source I drew it from was a page out of a comic book (from 2006 I believe) Purchase […]
Just finished the latest sketch. Sketched first in pencil, then colored in with Prismacolor Premier markers. (The source drawing that I used as reference was originally by Andrew Wildman)
Well, it’s been three months since I made the goal to do a drawing a day. So far, I’ve missed plenty of days to say I’ve missed that goal, however, I’m still drawing more than I have in years and […]
Since the aforementioned Nashville trip, I’ve considered revisiting Blick to obtain some of the art markers I saw the random artist using that day in Starbucks. I’d used some in college many years ago but they were mostly for sketches, […]
Since launching my “drawing-a-day” campaign, I’ve just been focusing on having fun stretching myself and making sure it all stays fun. As mentioned earlier, I did unearth my old comic book collection and have been using that as inspiration for […]
Since my Blick Art store experience this past Monday, I’ve been feeling inclined to DO something about the lack of drawing in my current lifestyle. I’ve decided that the best way to not only try to get back into it […]