Sketches — Peter Whitley

Pencil

Keep making lines until a picture appears.

My favorite pencil is a 2mm lead holder filled with a 4B graphite. Graphite makes drawing fast.

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Pen and ink

Look twice, cut once.

I love the pen because it’s irrevocable. I am delighted when I draw something well with a pen.

SKETCH Pen Bad Ideas Sketch.jpg

One of Those Days.jpg

SKETCH+Pen+Mirror+Mirror+Sketch.jpg

Woman Walking.jpg

Pen Horse Fording.jpg

From+sketchbook.jpg

SKETCH+Pen+Arm+Sketch.jpg

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Polio+Tree.jpg

Pen Crane.jpg

SK Woman's Face.jpeg

SK Pointy Nose.jpeg

SK How to Draw.jpeg

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SK Jack Smith.jpeg

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SK Faces and Eyes.jpeg

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SKETCH+Pages+of+Faces.jpg

Pen+Chigurh.jpg

Be Your Elf.jpg

DMs+Only.jpg

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Pen Adobe Sketches.jpg

Sketch Urban Abstractions.jpeg

A1 Thumbs 2_Whitley.jpg

Esco Creek.jpg

Lincoln+House+Carlsbad.jpg

Mosaic+Canyon.jpg

Mural+Room.jpg

Hollywood+houses.jpg

Marker Freeway Drawing.jpg

VB Tower.jpeg

Pen+Randy%27s+Donuts.jpg

Pen+Pyramid.jpg

Pen%2BCockpit.jpg

ILL Killer Mike Sketch.jpeg

Defensive+Landscaping.jpg

San+Elijo+Park.jpg

Charcoal

Put it down and push it into place.

Charcoal is like a cross between drawing and painting. Charcoal invites some push and pull.

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

SKETCH Charcoal Study.jpeg

SKETCH Charcoal Small Portrait.jpeg

SKETCH Charcoal Face.jpeg

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal+Ishael+1.jpg

Charcoal

Charcoal Ishmael 2.jpg

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

Charcoal

SKETCH Charcoal Portrait 3.jpeg

SKETCH Charcoal Sketch.jpeg

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SKETCH Charcoal Portrait 4.jpeg

SKETCH Charcoal Portrait 2.jpeg

Charcoal

Charcoal

Stephanie bust.jpg

CHAR Jeren 3.jpg

CHAR Jeren 2.jpg

CHAR Jeren 1.jpg

Digital

Play with the technical.

Drawing digitally feels a bit artificial and constrained but I love being able to zoom, rotate, use layers, and revise so easily.

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

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Digital

Writing

Photos