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3410: Solo Artist Day 56

May 28, 2022 by Chris Beaven

What a wonderful day of art and connecting with other artists!

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3378: Solo Artist Day 24

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Cylinders finished and started art learning from the Society of Visual Story Telling. Love it!

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3377: Solo Artist Day 23

April 26, 2022April 25, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Boxes and cylinders, video production with figure drawing and some digital in the evening. Wonderful art Day!

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3376: Solo Artist Day 22

April 24, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Reviewing my perspective notes, drawing 50 boxes, creating brushes and studying values.

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3369: Solo Artist Day 15

April 17, 2022 by Chris Beaven

A full day of art making and watching amazing interviews from Schoolism.com.

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3368: Solo Artist Day 14

April 17, 2022April 16, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Even after a great morning today ended up as a low energy day, but I was still able to get some drawing done.

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3367: Solo Artist Day 13

April 16, 2022April 15, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Plant construction study and the beginning of a digital study of an Albert Bierstadt painting.

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3366: Solo Artist Day 12

April 16, 2022April 14, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Starting on Lesson 3 of drawabox.com and doing a study of a spectacular digital painting.

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3365: Solo Artist Day 11

April 13, 2022 by Chris Beaven

More practice with form intersections then moving on to organic intersections.

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3364: Solo Artist Day 10

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Still working on the form intersections and I’m stretching my mind to the three dimentions.

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3363: Solo Artist Day 9

April 11, 2022 by Chris Beaven

I’m working my brain super hard on these form intersection exercises. Super hard!

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3362: Solo Artist Day 8

April 10, 2022 by Chris Beaven

And absolutely wonderful morning of both traditional and digital study.

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3360: Solo Artist Day 6

April 10, 2022April 8, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Back to traditional media and working on some more texture exercises.

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3358: Solo Artist Day 4

April 7, 2022April 6, 2022 by Chris Beaven

I had a great morning of learning with traditional and digital media.

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3357: Solo Artist Day 3

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 by Chris Beaven

Short art day this morning but lots of awesome connection with other artists!

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3356: Solo Artist Day 2

April 4, 2022 by Chris Beaven

I finished my inking texture practice from draw a box and played around with a digital portrait as well.

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3355: Solo Artist Day 1

April 3, 2022 by Chris Beaven

After looking at this curriculum with Josh we’ve decided to commit to finishing the whole thing.

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Jon Snow Drawing

March 22, 2021October 4, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jon Snow Drawing cover

I started the Jon Snow drawing today and this time I began with a structural method straight out of Russia.

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Welcome to chrisbeaven.com

September 29, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Princess Bride drawing cover

I spent most of my time today doing all the crazy tech stuff that it takes to move my site to a new host and domain. Welcome to chrisbeaven.com!

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Pressed For Time

September 28, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Princess Bride drawing cover

Because I’m tying to move my website to a new host and domain I’m pressed for time all day.

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The Most Committed to Our Identity

September 27, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Princess Bride drawing cover

When we’re at our worst that is the time to be the most committed to our identity. Today my motivation is slow and blah, blah, blah. But I’m committed, so I got the work done, period.

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Moving My Website

September 26, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Princess Bride drawing cover

I didn’t have a super productive art day today but I did get some work done moving my website to a new host.

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Laying Down Material

September 25, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Princess Bride drawing cover

Today’s session on the Princess Bride drawing was all about laying down material and grinding it into the paper.

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Piling Up Charcoal

March 31, 2021September 18, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Black Panther Drawing in Charcoal

I had a ton of fun today during my art session rocking out to some music and piling up charcoal on the paper.

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Lack of Clarity in Motive

March 31, 2021September 17, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Black Panther Drawing in Charcoal cover

From the day I started research for this drawing I’ve had a severe lack of clarity in motive, and the quality is suffering because of it.

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Simplifying the Values

March 31, 2021September 16, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Black Panther Drawing in Charcoal cover

After yesterday’s influence from amazing compositions I started incorporating what I learned right away by simplifying the values into three tones.

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Simplifying the Head

March 31, 2021September 15, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Black Panther Drawing in Charcoal cover

I didn’t have enough time to get deep into it but I’m focusing more on simplifying the head with this charcoal Black Panther drawing.

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Paper That I’m Not Supposed to Use

March 31, 2021September 14, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Black Panther Drawing in Charcoal cover

Today I started a second drawing of Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther but with a paper that I’m not supposed to use with dry media.

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Black Panther Drawing

March 31, 2021September 13, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Black Panther Drawing in Graphite cover

I was right, after a good night of sleep I was able to make a decision on how to proceed with my Black Panther drawing.

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A Whole Lot of Smoke

September 12, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Short drapery study cover

Today’s research into the next Fandom Fitness drawing has resulted in a whole lot of smoke and that is exactly what I see when I look outside.

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Short Practice Day

September 11, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Long Drapery Study cover

I didn’t have a lot of time for my art session today so I did what I could and had a short practice day.

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Tyrannosaurus Drawing Finished

March 31, 2021September 10, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurassic Park Drawing cover

After making some adjustments to the tail I’m calling this Tyrannosaurus drawing finished.

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How Much is Not Enough?

March 31, 2021September 9, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurassic Park Drawing cover

I beginning to get comfortable with minimal detail in my drawings but there is always a question about how much is not enough.

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Complex Forms with Scales

March 31, 2021September 8, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurassic Park Drawing cover

I’m learning that describing complex forms that are smooth is much easier than trying to describe complex forms with scales.

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A Very Productive Labor Day

March 31, 2021September 7, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurassic Park Drawing cover

I’ve had a very productive labor day today by focusing as much as I can on art throughout the day.

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Art and Recovery

March 31, 2021September 6, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurassic Park Drawing

Today was a relaxing and easy day as I focused on art and recovery by drawing early and keeping my workout easy.

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A Long Day of Working

September 4, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Framed art

I’ve had a long day of working today but not much of it was on creating art but framing it.

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A Day of Adjustments

March 31, 2021September 3, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurassic Park Drawing cover

Today has been a day of adjustments. I’m going to be adjusting my current Jurassic Park drawing as well as my future roadmap of practice and performance.

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Tyrannosaurus Drawing Composition Work

March 31, 2021September 2, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Jurasic Partk Drawing cover

Today was the first day of work on the Tyrannosaurus drawing but I’m not convinced the composition will communicate action, movement and depth.

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Researching Tyrannosaurus Images

March 31, 2021September 1, 2020 by Chris Beaven
daily composition and sketch

I’m in between Fandom Fitness drawings currently so I spent a lot of my time today researching Tyrannosaurus images for a Jurassic Park drawing.

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Pokemon Drawing Finished

April 30, 2021August 31, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

After lots of challenges, lots of learning and more time than I would have expected my Pokemon Drawing is Finished

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Art and Wood Working

April 30, 2021August 30, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing Cover

Today was another very long day of art but this one also included a lot of wood working.

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Preparing My Artwork for a Show

April 30, 2021August 29, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing Cover

My wonderful day of art started with an early session, then a fantastic call with other artists from Optimize.me then the rest of the day was spent preparing my artwork for a show.

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New Pencil Sharpener

April 30, 2021August 28, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

Another shorter art session today but I got to play with a new pencil sharpener from Kum that works wonderfully.

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Just Take a Day

April 30, 2021August 27, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

I needed to just take a day. None of my days are spent doing nothing but this was definitely less productive than most.

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Imagining How Light Will Fall

April 30, 2021August 25, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

I continue to challenge myself with my Pokemon drawing today by imagining how light will fall on an imaginative form.

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Seeing the Simple Shapes

April 30, 2021August 24, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

For the Pokemon drawing I focused on seeing the simple shapes that made up the Aerodactyl. Then shading the Pokemon to match the light source.

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Influenced by Comic Book Art

April 30, 2021August 23, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

I began shading in the Pokemon drawing this morning which is trying to be heavily influenced by comic book art.

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Pokemon Drawing

April 30, 2021August 22, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Pokemon Drawing cover

I’ve always tried to avoid tracing in my art career but for this Pokemon drawing and it’s complex assortment of cartoon characters I decided it was the best route.

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Practice Day

May 4, 2021August 21, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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Because most of my art time was taken up with errands today I decided to just call it a practice day.

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Research and Planning

August 20, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Modeled drawing in watercolor

I’m in between Fandom Fitness drawings today but I’m getting ready for the next drawing with a couple hours of research and planning.

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Sheldon Cooper Drawing Finished

May 4, 2021August 19, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Sheldon cooper drawing cover

I could refine this drawing more and edit some of the crosshatching but I really don’t have the energy for it so I’m calling the Sheldon Cooper drawing finished.

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Working My Brain Hard

May 4, 2021August 18, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Sheldon cooper drawing

I’ve been working my brain hard today with some reverse gestures and using my left hand for common tasks.

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Back to Sheldon Cooper Drawing

May 4, 2021August 17, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Sheldon cooper drawing cover

After finishing my self portrait I’m back to Sheldon Cooper my latest Fandom Fitness drawing.

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Self Portrait Finished

May 7, 2021August 16, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Self Portrait Relentless cover

I’m almost 100% sure that my self portrait is finished. Before I spray it though I’m going to look at it for a day and make sure.

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Texture in Drawing

May 7, 2021August 15, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Self Portrait Relentless cover

I was able to put a lot of time into my self portrait today. All the while I focused on filling space with initial values and texture in my drawing.

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Change Mediums to Fit Motive

May 7, 2021August 14, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Self Portrait Relentless cover

I’m heavily influenced by Robert Henri and more than ever I try to change mediums to fit motive rather than technique.

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Relentless

May 7, 2021August 12, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Self Portrait Relentless cover

I didn’t want to stop drawing today, my motivation is relentless and I feel that I have unlimited energy to finish this self portrait.

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New Self Portrait

May 7, 2021August 11, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Relentless Self-portrait cover

I decided to pause on my Sheldon Cooper drawing and work on a new self portrait drawing for a Proko.com challenge.

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Drawing In a Hurry

May 4, 2021August 10, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Sheldon cooper drawing cover

I’m drawing in a hurry this morning because I’m off work and we have a hike planned with a friend up in the Mt Baker area.

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Conservation of Values

May 4, 2021August 9, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Sheldon cooper drawing in graphite cover

I’m learning with this drawing of Sheldon that conservation of values is harder than having a larger range of values at hand. With limitation comes subtlety.

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Calm and Productive

May 4, 2021August 7, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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Another calm and productive day of art making. I’m getting in a groove now and the necessity to rush is fading.

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Transplant Anniversary

May 4, 2021August 6, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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Today is the two year anniversary of my kidney transplant! Today I’m celebrating my amazing friend and her astonishing gift with a day off work and a hike in the mountains.

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Sheldon Cooper Drawing

May 4, 2021August 5, 2020 by Chris Beaven
sheldon cooper cover

I’m back in the groove now with the beginning of a new Fandom Fitness drawing. This time I’m drawing Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory.

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100 Years in Weeks

May 4, 2021August 4, 2020 by Chris Beaven
100 years in weeks cover

I’ve had on my to do list for a while now and exercise from Optimize.me, called “100 Years in Weeks”. Today I took the time to complete it and get more perspective on my life.

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Between Fandom Fitness Drawings

August 3, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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There is always a bit of a lull in my drawing when I’m between Fandom Fitness drawings because I’m doing a lot of research on the next drawing.

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Captain Jack Sparrow Drawing Finished

May 4, 2021August 2, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Captain Jack sparrow drawing in charcoal

The Captain Jack Sparrow drawing turned out awesome and I’m proud to call it finished.

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Art and Learning to Walk Again

May 4, 2021August 1, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Captain Jack Sparrow in charcoal cover

After dealing with foot pain for years, and now knee pain, I’m starting over by buying new shoes and learning to walk again the right way.

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My Most Productive Month Ever

July 31, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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After my most productive month ever of art I decided to take a very easy day.

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Get Messy With Charcoal

May 4, 2021July 30, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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The character Captain Jack Sparrow is never sober it seems and to try and convey some of his erratic behavior I had to get messy with charcoal.

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Recovery Day

May 4, 2021July 29, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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Today was a very relaxing day. I’ve been working more on art this past month than any month previous and I needed a recovery day.

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More Drawing Mediums

May 4, 2021July 28, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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Its time to experiment with more drawing mediums and these are inspired by what Steve Huston uses.

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Captain Jack Sparrow Drawing

May 4, 2021July 27, 2020 by Chris Beaven
captain jack cover

Yesterday I did most of the research for my Captain Jack Sparrow drawing and today I narrowed it down to one image with some adjustments.

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Time to Get Technical

July 26, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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After a third page of draw a box exercises I got fed up with making the same mistakes so I decided it was time to get technical and learn something.

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Editing the Yoda Drawing

April 4, 2022July 25, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Yoda drawing in graphite cover

After a nights rest and looking at yesterdays post once again I decided to edit the Yoda drawing a little.

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Yoda Drawing Finished

April 4, 2022July 24, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Yoda drawing in graphite cover

I may have rushed the bottom half of Yoda’s robe but for now I’m going to call the Yoda drawing finished.

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Errands, Work and Artwork

April 4, 2022July 23, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Yoda drawing in graphite cover

Another busy day today of running errands, work and artwork but I was able to plan my day well and get almost everything in, with a bit of rushing around.

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Busy Day

July 22, 2020 by Chris Beaven
draw a box cover

I had a very busy day today so my daily art post is going to be short and sweet and I’m still very busy right up until the end of my day. Fandom Fitness Drawing I wasn’t able to work on the Yoda drawing today but I was able to make the changes I wanted … Read more

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Drawing Involves the Whole Body

May 4, 2021July 21, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Yoda drawing in graphite

Drawing when done correctly involves the whole body. A delicate gradation is made with the body hunched and focused. But a rough texture is done standing and energetic like conducting a symphony.

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First Thing in the Morning

May 4, 2021July 20, 2020 by Chris Beaven
yoda cover drawing

My Monday mornings are really nice now with the latest change in my work schedule. I get to start on art first thing in the morning.

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Categories Drawing Tags Charcoal, Fandom Fitness, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink, Yoda 4 Comments

A Relaxing Pace

May 4, 2021July 18, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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I decided to take a relaxing pace with my art session this morning. I still kept my warm-up to 15 minutes but I allowed myself to get lost in the other drawings.

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Categories Drawing Tags Charcoal, Fandom Fitness, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink, Yoda 1 Comment

On My Birthday

July 10, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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I had a nice and relaxing morning of art practice on my birthday!

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A Day of Research, Writing and Practice

July 4, 2020 by Chris Beaven
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Today is a day of research, writing and practice as I’m in between Fandom Fitness drawing and it normally takes me a day or so to find the right images for the next drawing.

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Second Drawing of Martin Luther King Jr Finished

May 7, 2021June 21, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Dr Martin Luther King Jr Charcoal Drawing cover

After only three session I’ve finished my second drawing of Martin Luther King Jr. I think this is the fastest I’ve ever finished a Fandom Fitness drawing.

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Categories Drawing Tags Charcoal, Dr Martin Luther King Jr 2, Fandom Fitness, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink 4 Comments

Refreshing My Motive

May 4, 2021June 9, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Indiana Jones drawing in charcoal cover

I spent some of my rushed art time refreshing my motive on this Indiana Jones drawing and getting clear on what direction I want to take it.

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Preventing Monotony

May 4, 2021June 7, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Indiana Jones Fandom fitness drawing cover

One of the keys to preventing monotony within a daily art practice, in my opinion, is to commit to several different daily practices.

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A Morning Full of Art

May 4, 2021June 6, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Indiana Jones Drawing

I’m happy to say that I’ve had a morning full of art and creativity and it is so exhilarating after the last two days of minimums.

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Categories Drawing, Painting Tags Charcoal, Fandom Fitness, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Indiana Jones, Ink, Watercolor 2 Comments

Not Enough Time

May 4, 2021June 5, 2020 by Chris Beaven

Another day full of work and not enough time for art so I’m practicing my minimum and a micro win again.

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Micro Wins

June 4, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Daily composition

Due to a long day at work I had to practice many micro wins today and settle for a very short art day.

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The Dominant Eye

May 4, 2021May 30, 2020 by Chris Beaven
Sherlock drawing in charcoal cover

In Robert Henri’s book The Art Spirit he speaks of the compositional relationship between both eyes and how in life there is always the dominant eye.

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Categories Drawing, Painting Tags Charcoal, Fandom Fitness, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink, Sherlock Holmes, Watercolor 1 Comment

Oasis in the Street

May 27, 2020 by Chris Beaven
oasis in the street watercolor cover

For my exercise yesterday I went on a long walk around the neighborhood and I had the pleasure of experiencing this amazing oasis in the street and it’s caretaker.

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Captain Marvel too Much Detail?

May 4, 2021May 5, 2020 by Chris Beaven
captain marvel cover

I’m getting deep into the Captain Marvel drawing and I’m thinking I may be starting with too much detail.

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Categories Drawing Tags Captain Marvel, Charcoal, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink 1 Comment

Eggo Waffle Boxes and Daily Composition

May 4, 2021May 2, 2020 by Chris Beaven
eggo waffle boxes drawing

I have two new challenges today. The first is drawing printed text on Eggo waffle boxes and the other is daily composition drawings from memory.

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Categories Drawing Tags Eleven, Figure, From Photograph, Graphite, Ink 1 Comment

Eleven Drawing and Modeled Drawing in Ink

May 4, 2021April 30, 2020 by Chris Beaven

First I worked on a couple modeled drawings in ink than I moved to the second session of my Eleven Drawing.

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Xena Drawing With Motive

May 4, 2021April 25, 2020 by Chris Beaven
xena with motive

Instead of just drawing what I see in the photo I focused on drawing with motive today.

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Still Life for Demo 2

April 13, 2020February 14, 2020 by Chris Beaven

The still life I did yesterday didn’t have the impact that I wanted to achieve. I wanted something to entice people to the demo.

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Superman: Getting Close

May 4, 2021February 3, 2020 by Chris Beaven

I switched to graphite for this drawing and took my time on it. I wanted to do the best I could.

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Ann: Study Day

April 13, 2020January 23, 2020 by Chris Beaven

Today I spent more time studying other artists rather than drawing. Most of my time was spent with Robert Henri and Thomas Eakins.

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Traveling Home

April 13, 2020December 28, 2019 by Chris Beaven

I was up late and very sick the night before, now I’m traveling home early in the morning.

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Martinson Home Tree

April 13, 2020December 27, 2019 by Chris Beaven

I had a lot of fun drawing this tree and starting super detailed.

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The “Art First” Rule

April 13, 2020December 26, 2019 by Chris Beaven

The inevitable happened. I missed a day. But it was a wonderful learning experience that I can prevent a repeat of.

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Optimize Coach Graduation: Day 3

April 13, 2020December 8, 2019 by Chris Beaven

On day one of graduation I learned that I need some practice with sketching moving subject and use my memory more, today I practice it.

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Optimize Coach Graduation: Day 2

April 13, 2020December 7, 2019 by Chris Beaven

Today was spectacular! Up early for Meditation, Carpe Diem and Yoga, some Optimize programming then a SPARTAN RACE!

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Optimize Coach Graduation: Day 1

April 13, 2020December 6, 2019 by Chris Beaven

After a very long morning we arrived in LA and started our first day with Optimize coach graduation. It was a wonderful day!

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Mt Shuksan

May 7, 2020September 20, 2019 by Chris Beaven

My In-laws are in town and we took a trip out to Mt Shuksan which had some of the most beautiful sites I’ve seen in Washington.

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Indianapolis Drawing 8

May 7, 2020August 23, 2019 by Chris Beaven

Our last day in Indianapolis we loiter in the lobby till it’s time to travel to the airport.

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Indianapolis Drawing 7

May 7, 2020August 22, 2019 by Chris Beaven

This is the last day of the conference and I’m sitting at the ZooFit table drawing the high priced Mazuri booth featuring exotic animals.

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Indianapolis Drawing 6

May 7, 2020August 21, 2019 by Chris Beaven

Once again in the lobby, I’m looking at a plethora of stark architecture and modern furniture and finally settling on an area of high contrast.

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Indianapolis Drawing 5

May 7, 2020August 20, 2019 by Chris Beaven

I hesitated when starting this drawing of hanging lights as the complexity of the subject seemed beyond my ability, but I did it anyway.

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Indianapolis Drawing 4

May 7, 2020August 19, 2019 by Chris Beaven

I’m in the lobby again, drawing a woman behind the front desk and the massive space surrounding her.

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Indianapolis Drawing 3

May 7, 2020August 18, 2019 by Chris Beaven

I sit next to my 12th floor window as the light fades drawing the street scattered with people possessing lesser fortune than mine own.

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Indianapolis Drawing 2

May 7, 2020August 17, 2019 by Chris Beaven

A drawing of a lamp in the lobby of the Hyatt Hotel.

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Indianapolis Drawing 1

May 7, 2020August 16, 2019 by Chris Beaven

We have traveled to Indianapolis for an AAZK conference and ZooFit promotion so the next few days is me drawing in the hotel room.

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Moving Sketch 2

May 7, 2020August 4, 2019 by Chris Beaven

We have moved most of our stuff to our new apartment yesterday now we are moving our most precious kitties after I do my sketch.

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Moving Sketch

May 7, 2020August 3, 2019 by Chris Beaven

All my art supplies are packed up and the apartment is almost empty so I’m sitting on the floor drawing a clean kitchen stove.

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Family Reunion: Day 4

May 7, 2020July 1, 2019 by Chris Beaven

We have a long trip ahead of us to get home so last night we got a lot of sleep and woke up to start our art and writing.

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Family Reunion: Day 3

May 7, 2020June 30, 2019 by Chris Beaven

Today we decided to do our art and writing early in the day before going to the lake house and spending time with the family.

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Family Reunion: Day 2

May 7, 2020June 29, 2019 by Chris Beaven

Today I took my sketchbook to the lake house and found some time to sketch looking out the window to the dock, it was super hot there.

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Family Reunion: Day 1

May 7, 2020June 28, 2019 by Chris Beaven

After a long flight the day before and a night of meeting family I haven’t seen in too long I did this sketch of the bed side in our hotel room.

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Alaska Cruise: Day 6

May 7, 2020May 18, 2019 by Chris Beaven

Today I’m not feeling well but I’m drawing on our stateroom bed. The sea is rough and I’m hoping it will calm down soon as we are headed for Victoria BC.

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