master painter study

(cruzito by nicolai fechin)
i haven't actually done a master painter study in a long time. fechin is one of my favorites in terms of bravura brush work and portraiture. his drawing technique is as unique as his painting. if you aren't familiar with his stuff, it's phenomenal. he studied under ilya repin and malavinat the Imperial Academy of Petrograd. and i think that dean cornwell used to do studies of fechin's paintings for practice too.

i think we got less than a week left to hit alpha for our game. well, back to the grind.

sketches on the way to maui

just a couple of sketches done on my flight to maui. i didn't have a sketchbook with me, so I just drew in my girlfriends sudoku book.
there was a very old asian lady agressively playing serious card games with her family who sat across the isle. they threw down/shuffled up these cards the entire 5 hour flight. i think the juxtaposition of the coincidental sudoku numbers and the card player makes this a more interesting picture.
next. the two sisters, who sat across from me and my girlfriend, were squabbling the first leg of the flight. immediately after their father scolded them, one knocked out and the other instantly began reading a book. it was pretty hilarious how suddenly they reacted.