Painting For My Muse: Charcoal

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Monday, April 2, 2018

Eric Northman's Most Treasured Possessions

In the Fall of 2011 I discovered HBO tv series True Blood and The Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. I fell in love with the relationship between Eric Northman and Sookie Stackhouse in the books and decided to create an illustration about them. At this time I was also taking a Drawing I class and this became my final assignment.

Here is the original sketch:

Here is the current progress shot:

Medium: Charcoal and pastel on Artagain® paper
Dated: unfinished
Original size: 20"x 30"

All images are ™ & © dba Albrecht Illustrations. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Gesture Figure Drawings

Gesture figure drawing is done with rapid quick lines for the purpose of capturing the inner/outer structure and basic proportions of an figure with varying volume and mass detail to give the impression of what the figure looks like. Typically they only take a minute or less to compose. The figure drawings below are from live models that I did while in my Drawing I class.

Medium: Charcoal on Canson™ Newsprint
Dated: 2011
Original size: 18"x24"
Original Art: NFS

All images are ™ & © dba Albrecht Illustrations. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Raguel the Watcher of Angels

This illustration is a first study for the archangel Raguel in a project I have in the works called "The Archangels and the Fallen Ones" which is inspired by Gustave Doré's illustrated novel of John Milton's, Paradise Lost

Raguel, which means "friend of God" is one of the Seven Archangels as listed in the ancient Enoch writings. Raguel is know to "take vengeance on the world of luminaries" or he is the one who watches over the good behavior of the angels.

Medium: charcoal, pastel, & graphite on sketch paper
Dated: 1996
Original size: 18"x 24"
Original Art Available: $500

Monday, February 15, 2016

Still Life Gesture Drawings

Gesture drawing is done in rapid quick lines for the purpose of capturing the inner/outer structure and basic proportions of an object with varying volume and mass detail to give the impression of what the object looks like. Typically they only take a minute or less to compose. The drawings below are some samples that I did while in my Drawing I class.