Shameless sketch junky

[Lon Haverly]

I do not really fit into any category in this forum, so I propose a

[Holly Snyder]

Hi Lon,

I don't know that I've ever talked to you on the forum, but welcome back. It doesn't seem that you've been around for awhile. I love your sketches, they exude personality and character. For what it's worth, they give me the impression they were done outside, particularly the first and last one. Do you have a light that you move around for each person, sometimes above their heads and sometimes to the sides?

Regards,

Holly

[Mike McCarty]

Lon,

I like your sketches Lon. I would be proud to sit at your table, even if it is at the food court. I respect a man who can make a living.

I know that your book can be had on-line, but, can you remind me where your book can be had in a real brick and mortar store.

[Michele Rushworth]

Nice to hear from a fellow denizen of the Northwest again. Long time no post!

Since your wage works out to be between $60 and $120 an hour I'd say you're making a darn fine living for a self employed artist -- or any other field either, for that matter. No dignity need be compromised. Besides, some of the Impressionists literally did without food some days so they could buy paint. Modern-day starving artists are in good company.

[Julie Deane]

Welcome back, Lon. I've missed your posts. As a semi-sketch junkie, I can relate to your posts just fine.

[Linda Brandon]

Lon, it's great to see you back here. You are doing what is the very essence of portraiture: looking into someone's eyes and capturing them in your own way as an artist. This is the very core of what it means to be an artist and I salute you.

Besides, as you know, I'm a closet cartoonist and I never read your posts without having an overwhelming urge to get out there and do this, too.

[Lon Haverly]

Holly, nice to meet you! I work inside, in the center of a mall. I use a swing arm lamp. My models chair is on wheels, and I have to always adjust the light to the best position for each model, that depending on their view. There is alot of light, so I have to use the light to create a soft shadow, and the light is at a 45% angle, as are my strokes.

Mike! I can always count on you for an encouraging word. What a guy. My book is print on demand, and can be special ordered at any bookstore at the desk. They just might bring it in if you ask them. It is in our local Barnes & Noble, Borders and B. Dalton. So I know that they can stock it if you ask. I did not ask these stores to carry it!

Michele, I am in good company right here! Thanks. I don't always make that kind of money, but sometimes I do. I love to sketch, and I do not regret the dues paid. I am not tired of it even after thirty years.

Julie, I have not critiqued for a while. I really do something so different than what is here, that I feel I am a little out of my category. Thus, maybe there could be a new "sketch "category.

Lida, you should get out there and sketch! I consider the quick pencil sketch the most enjoyable thing I do. I could draw all day and night and not get tired at all. It just energizes me.

[Lon Haverly]

You can see it at this thread.

http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...ghlight=Kioske