Dec 31

Based on a photo of a friend.

Another bit of humor.

My first essay with pastel pencils on rough pastel paper: gifts from my kindly sister.

My second essay with the pastel pencils.

You may not be able to read the little story which accompanies this attempt at one of the most unflattering poses for any human: the body on its stomach seen from the feet.

December 30

Dec 28

To be truly interesting, this pose should probably have more twist/torsion in it: the torso is too directly aimed at the viewer, I think.

Dec 27

Dec 26

Dec 23

Attempting to 'thin out' the face.

Waiting bored at the ophthalmologist's office. The lines of the chair support and the purse seemed interesting.

Dec 22

A more detailed or zoomed-in take on the corpse pose, focusing on the torso instead of the legs and feet.

Yet another version of "Pensive".

Dec 21

Still working on getting this face 'right'. Unfortunately the photo I took to work from is not quite sharp enough for me to have sufficient detail.

The corpse pose puts everything in a different light: we're used to looking over at people, not at them from the foot up.

I had trouble with the hand, which is the focus of the drawing.

Dec 19

If you're tired of weird variations of my old face, here's my old torso.

Dec 17

Another silly version of my head. I like humor.

Dec 16

Dec 15

Dec 14

Based on a photo from, I believe, the Persian Gulf: pearl diver.

Dec 12+1

Dec 12

So I thought maybe it was time to stop grabbing my skull and puff my lips out instead.

Dec 11

Some of Mr Blixenbloxen is now available in hi-res jpgs at Flickr

Dec 10

Dec 9

For Derek and Jess, based on one of his photos from Rome.

Dec 8

December 7