Here are some portrait drawings from my sketchbooks done over the last few years. Most are very rapid drawings, but a few are more carefully rendered. I rarely erase. Usually, I just start out with light scribbles. Some are drawn from direct observation, others are copies of master works, and some are copies from magazines or photos.

I tend to work in different media to the saturation point. I have not be doing much else besides web design lately, and before that, I was doing nothing but photography. I am really getting an itch to paint in oils, so today, in order to prevent web design burnout, I took a little time out to look through my photo files to try to find something worth painting. I have tons of images taken through windows on bus and cab rides. They are not great photos, but some of them might make reasonably good paintings.  This particular shot was taken during a taxi ride in Barcelona in 2005. The original image had ...

My checklist for developing 35mm 400 Tri-X or Ilford HP5: Wire or plastic reels steel or plastic canisters and tops (if using plastic remember to insert center column) scissors can opener Changing bag (if dark room is unavailable) Ilford Ilfosol 3 film developer (1+9 chemistry to water)  Ilfosol3 factsheet Ilford Ilfostop (1+19 chemistry to water) ilfostop factsheet Ilford Rapid Fixer (1+4 chemistry to water) Ilford Rapid fixer factsheet LFN Wetting Agent thermometer graduated beakers rubber gloves goggles film squeegee film clips or clothes pins Developer mix ratio Mixture should be 9 parts water...