Here are some of my better sketches and I will also put them on the sketchbooks page on the website, (a page that has been neglected lately). Some of these I think actually turned out OK. I am happy with the volume of sketching I accomplished over the last 365 days or so. Still not … Read more
It takes me a while to do these larger pieces. This one I probably started over a year ago. It is a pencil drawing on a piece of Masonite with many coats of gesso sanded smooth. The drawing measures 18″ high by 24″ wide. Like always, I am not sure if I accomplished anything of … Read more
About a week ago I became a Grandfather. October 23rd, 2020 at 7:45am Colorado time to be exact. I don’t mean to make it sound like a personal accomplishment, it was mostly my daughter and her husbands doing. But I like to think I had some hand in the process, at least from a historical … Read more
A page out of the sketchbook, pencil drawing by artist John Huisman
I recently had another fun project carving this fireplace mantel for the home where I had built a couple other mantels over the winter. This one is on the main great room fireplace. It is made of western red Cedar. _________________________ _______________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/ https://www.john-huisman.com/
At some point over the last few months I built and installed these mantels. They are both corner fireplaces one in the master bathroom and one in the master bedroom. I still have two more to make for the great room and basement family rooms. I used Western Cedar milled from some of the leftover … Read more
A few days ago someone over at artistry put up an activity “challenge” on their facebook page to do a sketch with a ball point pen, the idea being to completely use up all the ink on a single sketch. These are fun sorts of activities occasionally put out there these days when we are … Read more
Most days I manage to make some time for doing some quick sketching with gesture drawing of human figures. I have found drawing the human form and gesture to be a profound challenge but like any challenge, the more you get into it the more it takes hold of you. I try to attend live … Read more
I am not sure what defines a “sketch” other than the fact that it appears in a sketch book instead of on a primed sheet of Masonite or canvas… Sometimes the “sketches” get a little more work and become things that I actually spend several days working on. Maybe “sketch” means something that is done … Read more
