With the start of the new year I decided to try some new things. First thing was to start an artist journal that should lead me to posting more often. So what should I start with? How about this first drawing here to the left, is a picture of Lon Chaney Sr from the movie London After Midnight. It is a 3.5" x 2.5" drawing done with Prismacolor markers. I used warm grays on the face and French gray for the background. I had a gift certificate from Christmas that I used to buy some markers so I thought I should put them to use.

Another thing that I did to start off the year was to set some goals: short and long term for my artwork. This was a new experience for me. After years of false starts or little artistic output, I've decided this is the year I really start ramping up my art career. The idea of being in a non creative job is draining me. So, how do I end this rut I'm in? The first step is for me to take myself and my art serious. Step two is just doing the artwork. So that is what I plan on doing.

One of my goals is to get into the sketch card buisness and that is where these three drawings came to be. All of them are mixtures of different gray Prismacolor markers. I will be trying different styles and medias on these cards in the coming weeks. So this week is bringing us some of the classic monsters. I am trying to use little line work and concentrate on value shapes.

I hope you enjoy this new direction for the blog and return for more. Along the way I will have some other stuff to talk about like books I'm reading or comics I enjoy. See you in a couple days!