So I picked up my sketch pad after about 8 years....

WHile your sketches look good, that sculpture is fantastic!! What is it made from?

I kinda know how you feel about needing a creative outlet - as a child and into my teens I played all sorts of musical instruments (both by myself and in groups, bands and orchestras), then when I went to university it kinda fizzled out and often I think that I'd like to get back into it, but I guess I let life get in the way too much... Recently I started seeing a girl who plays the piano. I used to play the piano and IMHO I was pretty good at it, but probably haven't played for at least 9 years. I was round at the girl's apartment and sat down at the piano and started to play what looked like an easy piece of music. I was absolutely hopeless!!!! I couldn't believe how much I'd forgotten over the years - it was almost like learning something completely new. Just goes to show how much you need to practice a skill regularly to keep it up!

 

Nice! Your high school must've had a good art dept. Ours was dead... you basically taught yourself everything.

I like the sculpture the best... timeless.

 

It is so difficult to go from "cold turkey" to creating art. It could be compared to not driving your Ferrari for a few years, then hopping behind the wheel and expecting to carve canyons at redline. It's a talent/skill that requires constant exercise.

 

I like sculpture as well.... something about being able to add dimension that you just can't get from illustration. I like your style and choice of colors for the two finished illustrations you did though.

 

For most of us I would agree... I've known artists though that have not illustrated in years that can pickup any manner of medium and create a work of art with little or no effort.

 

8 years wow, let me guess you had a major art related accident that resulted in the dead of an innocent person?


All joking aside I like the sculpture a lot

 

I too like the sculpture...

BUT, call it constructive criticism... your taste in beer needs serious work...

 

I like the sculpture. I need to get back to drawing eventually, but I just can't find the time. Last thing I did was some water color painting several years ago. Seems like it's been forever.

Corona is by far the worst beer out there....:O

 

Heathen!

When it's Miller Time (tm), It's MILLER TIME

 

I like the commercial where the guy installed a Miller tap in his bathroom sink. Awesome.

Miller high life.

 

I am a sculptor and the other people on this thread have it right...... the sculpture is much better than the drawings. As in most things, practice makes perfect. So, if you draw a little every day..........who knows what might happen. Good luck!

 

I liked more the sculpture, but the drawings look good after all, you need to practice more on this, on a daily basis as branko suggested, I can help you out..... with those beers! LOL

please keep up posting the progress of your drawings.