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@klaut

Learning addict. Optimistic surrealist. Apprentice to The Smith Of Words. #urbansketching #drawing #cartoons #skecthbooks

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klaut
@klaut Feb 17, 2020, 1:24 AM UTC

Practice makes perfect

My latest head drawing practice in charcoal:

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klaut
@klaut Jan 27, 2020, 1:27 AM UTC

Two steps forward, one step back...

... Seems like this is the only path to mastery. Nothing works for days. Then you get a glimpse of hope, one good drawing, perhaps two... and you're back to frustrationville. Rinse and repeat.

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klaut
@klaut Jan 19, 2020, 10:44 PM UTC

Heads on the line

Weekly head drawing practice in charcoal:

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klaut
@klaut Jan 10, 2020, 11:23 PM UTC

Welcome to the Roaring Twenties!

This year started with a plateau and a couple of false starts... But now it's already looking to be a great one. Here's to an amazing 2020, Steemers! :) Charcoal on newsprint, from photo reference. T…

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klaut
@klaut Jan 1, 2020, 1:18 AM UTC

Last one for 2019...

Happy New Year Steemers! I'll try to be a better contributor in 2020 :)

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klaut
@klaut Dec 29, 2019, 12:32 AM UTC

Saturday head practice

Time spent: 2 hours. Materials: smooth newsprint and charcoal pencil. Reference: photo.

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klaut
@klaut Dec 7, 2019, 11:38 PM UTC

Weekly practice

To be honest, I had a couple of busy weeks... Meaning, I didn't get the chance to do much drawing and painting practice. All I had time for was a few master studies in charcoal:

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klaut
@klaut Nov 19, 2019, 12:18 AM UTC

Sunday Master Study in Gouache: Norman Rockwell

This past Sunday I decided to level up my practice and do a head master study in gouache. I love artists like Rockwell, Leyendecker, Cornwell... and other midcentury American illustrators. And luckil…

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klaut
@klaut Nov 17, 2019, 2:32 AM UTC

Weekly head studies

My obsession with head studies continues. Been doing lots of gouache heads, and ink heads, and charcoal heads. Here are a few highlights. First, a quick head sketch in gouache: Next, an oil gesture e…

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klaut
@klaut Oct 21, 2019, 1:17 PM UTC

Trying out the Zorn palette...

Anders Zorn was a great Swedish artist. But when you're (like me) starting your journey in art, the one thing he's most famous for is his limited color palette. You see, through out his career he pai…

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