Galileo Galilei, a sketch

Graphite on paper (Sept, 2010)
A quick study of Galileo's head..I'd rather not go ahead with any "finished" drawing..I like it as it is..rough, sketchy and gestural..But who knows? Tomorrow I may think it's just crap..(Sigh)..Actually coming to think of it, the eye on the right is a bit ..oh, never mind..

Mirror mirror on the wall... Who's the greatest of them all?

(Velasquez . Graphite on paper. Sept 2010..)

Yes he's the greatest. I can hardly imagine any other in the same league (except Vermeer of course)..

Van Gogh head study

Graphite on paper..A study for Van Gogh painting.
Not as much fun as I wished it to be but there's nothing to laugh at with Van Gogh who's life was an experience in the misery of being an underestimated artist..He only sold one painting during his entire life...to his brother!

Gustave Flaubert, a sketch

Graphite on paper..in preparation for a painting