New Drawing Video!!!! This time at Century City Mall In Los Angeles

New Drawing Video!!!! This time at Century City Mall In Los Angeles

So I went to see Mission Impossible this past weekend at the AMC Century City. 'Twas' a cool movie! Afterwards I created my own festivities by drawing people right I front of the theater. The video shows a small section of the drawing session however it was a good session. I recommend drawing in public places to anyone interested in Building Confidence in your drawing skills. 

You learn how to draw people who are moving, ways to approach proportion, perspective, likeness, and lots of other great stuff. Drawing in public is a true multi-vitamin, nutrient dense with learning opportunities. All of the above topics are covered in my eBook "Drawing ToolBox" available at this link:
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Creative Action Figure Drawing!!!!!

Creative Action Figure Drawing 
Drawings I did last night at the BAMA live figure drawing session in Berkeley. Instead of simply drawing the nude model I experimented around with creating action figures. I remember playing with 12 inch 1/6 scale action figure dolls in the 80's (and still do sometimes smile emoticon 
Done in pen, tempura, watercolor and gouache.
#figuredrawing #figure #drawing #actionfigure #doll
#broken #vintage #gijoe #character #design

Digital Drawing People At The Cafe - Demo Video

Heres the demo video of the image in the last post. It walks you through my process of sketching and painting in Adobe Photoshop.

Digital Drawing at the Cafe

Drawing people at The Mediterraneum Cafe in Berkelely. Working in Photoshop.

Lady Centaur (creative figure drawing

Character design from creative figure drawing

Untitled

18 x 24
Ink & watercolor on archival paper

This is a character design that became one of my Creative Figure Drawing sessions. Creative Figure Drawing is a practice used in the fields of illustration, animation, film and others. 

I used the live, nude figure model as a structural basis to build my design upon. The way in which I draw and Teach Drawing, using the Direct Line, makes it a fun and wondrous process to imagine into the design of the drawing without have any prior planning or previously conceived ideas of the outcome.

This drawing took about 25 - 30 minutes to draw and detail. This is only a light pass at detail. If I were to take this character design further, there would be more layers of detail conceptualized and add. However in a Creative Figure Drawing session you are able to pen & brush up an idea the move onto the next post and design. With the proper approach to drawing you can create lots of designs in one 3 hour session.

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More Creative Figure Drawing at UC Berekeley

Drawing nudes at UC Berkeley

Reportage Drawing in San Francisco/ One Day Workshop - session 1

This workshop aims to focus on loosening up and drawing complex scenes with energy and expression and without hesitation or fear. During this workshop you will learn various methods, techniques, tips and tricks for how to effectively and boldly draw buildings, cityscapes, moving people and cars. We will also be drawing while riding public transit buses and trains. I will be doing lots of demonstrations to show you how I draw on public transit vehicles.

This is for beginners who wish to develop confidence as well as the advanced who would like to break out of a rigid routine and draw more loosely. 

We will be drawing on-location in various areas of San Francisco, riding trains, streetcars, buses and doing some walking.  To view more details and purchase a ticket click the link below.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/683431

Painting from observation

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Drawing on Bart - Painting at home

I drew this girl on Bart and painted it at home.

Cafe Drawing

I drew this man at Whole Foods cafe. I liked the gray trucker cap and grey hoodie against his flesh tones which is why I decided to draw em. Also I wanted the challenge of rendering his beard and curly hair. The next morning I painted the ballpoint pen drawing with gouache. This is a close-up, I will post the full drawing in a couple days.

Day 9 of 20 Dayz of Drawings

Drawing On Public Transit 5

My lates release

Perseverance...

You've got to believe we are magic
No one can stand in our way

Mixed media on paper

My first self-published book...

My first published book of drawings is here!!!
I'm so thrilled to have this finally completed.
Purchase a copy!

Dawood Marion Drawings of Random People Vol. 1 by Dawood Marion 

My Second Sketchbook Film Short... Check it out

Sketchbook Flip - Book II (Part 1)

New oil painting

I've decided to train myself in oils. This is the first of many to come... Hope you enjoy - thanks for viewing :)

"Queendom"

11x14

Oil on Canvas

[Model: Jessica Porter]

Young people on transit

I wonder what it's like to be a female riding on transit staring out the window in deep thought when suddenly a guy approaches you with a sketchbook and on the page is a drawing of you... as he begins to smile.

Queen on transit using smart phone
11x14
Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Young people on transit

11x14
Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Young people on transit2

11x14
Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Man reading on transit

11x14 

Ballpoint Pen in sketchbook

Drawing Teens

Young Sistah' on her way to school plugged into her smart phone.

 11x14 

Ballpoint pen on paper