Kenny Callicutts Sketch Book

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 23rd, 2009, 10:54 AM

Critical Feedback is very welcome

New Art at the end of the thread.

here is some new things..

The majority of the first two pages are from my time studying at LAAFA for a period of 10 weeks. Most of this is pretty embarassing to look at now.- update-5.18.10

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 23rd, 2009, 05:47 PM

some anatomy study of reuben.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 24th, 2009, 08:33 PM

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 25th, 2009, 12:15 AM

**p sage** · August 25th, 2009, 12:26 AM

ROFL. That thumbnail is hilarious. Reminds me of an old Terry Gilliam animation from Monty Python or something.

The figure drawing stuff is excellent. Looks like you're using some Vilppu with the contour stuff (moving your pencil over the form).

I think you could use some boning up on facial constructions. The features seem pretty consistently out of place on most of what I see here.

Great start, though.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 26th, 2009, 12:08 PM

Appreciate the feedback and yes Ive been doing quite a few head studies most of which I am ashamed of but I will post them eventually to get some help

Feel like the head in this one is a little more successful

**gaurishankar** · August 26th, 2009, 11:57 PM

nice work...model studies are really great.

**p sage** · August 27th, 2009, 12:21 AM

The face and head do look good... and the study is great.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 28th, 2009, 10:51 AM

Discovered a new trick for photographing a painting with out setting up my lights and filters and what not.. Just move the light so the glare is on different parts of the painting.. then crop the pictures to the nonglare parts and photomerge them.

Unfortuantely Im using a shit 5 dollar yellow lightbulb from target so its raping my colors to the point is hard to save them in photoshop

Psage Appreciate you dropping in again, and thank you

gaurishankar Thank you

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 30th, 2009, 12:11 AM

Painting in the manner of leffel

Bout 4 hours of progress

Its gone from tense and frustrating to very casual, enjoyable and relaxed. hope it shows.

**p sage** · August 30th, 2009, 01:17 AM

Cool Vilppu portrait and the faster stuff is really fluid and looking great. The slower stuff is good too, but doesn't have much advantage over the quick 10 minute ones IMO.

Nice colors in your latest.

**scorpion007** · August 30th, 2009, 03:54 AM

Wowzers. Very impressed am I!

Amazing figure and charcoal and watercolor work!

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 30th, 2009, 10:09 PM

Another attempt at catching Vilppu. He kept moving about on me.

Psage
Thank you, I guess the longer stuff is just a little more precise. Bout it.

scorpion007 Thanks bud

**The7Artist7** · August 30th, 2009, 10:30 PM

Really nice stuff - my only crit is sometimes things get a little muddy or with the sketches lose clarity. otherwise very nice - and I mean that - thanks for sharing!

**p sage** · August 31st, 2009, 01:07 AM

Nice ink-wash stuff. I think the Vilppu one really captures an attitude. I can feel the shrugged shoulders, and the deliberate walk.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · August 31st, 2009, 11:16 AM

um big fail.. but I had fun playing on this brown paper. Its absolute shit for inkwash as you cant really move the ink around at all so Ive got some black shapes laid down that id anticipated on moving around.. tried to cover/lighten them up with the white conte.

O well. I was getting a little to comfortable with the ink wash.

The7Artist7 Thanks for the crit and dropping in

p sage Thanks man. Its a little difficult changing gears from feeling out the forms to jumping straight into a final statment.

**Sirkenneth** · August 31st, 2009, 12:49 PM

Great figure work going on! It seems pretty consistent that the head or the face is too small in relation to the rest of the body. The face especially. Most people make the face too big. Just be aware of that next time you draw and try to relate it to the rest of the body. Keep posting and drawing from life- its all looking good!

**p sage** · August 31st, 2009, 07:26 PM

That's a nice nude, though. I think the neck is a bit flat-ish. Other than that, I have no major problems with it.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · September 2nd, 2009, 02:04 AM

Thanks guys. Appreciate the suppourt.

A birthday card

**p sage** · September 2nd, 2009, 02:08 AM

Cool. An update

Looks a little like George Bush, no? Or is that just all monkeys

**Kenny_Callicutt** · September 3rd, 2009, 02:12 AM

p sage I seem to recall a faces of george bush poster with a monkey doing the same thing next to each picture.

**Sirkenneth** · September 3rd, 2009, 02:19 AM

Sweet portraits man! The faces are looking more proportionate! Cant wait to see the rest of the 8 hour drawing. Looks like a nice solid start. Keep rockin man!

**p sage** · September 3rd, 2009, 02:24 AM

Yeah. I agree. Great faces! Huge improvement in a short amount of time. Amazing. The last one is so precise it looks like a lithograph or something.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · September 4th, 2009, 12:20 PM

Thanks guys.. Very Encouraging

heres more art poo

**surrealitycheck** · September 4th, 2009, 04:40 PM

Go Ken Go!

**p sage** · September 4th, 2009, 06:56 PM

That's some hot poo

**p sage** · September 5th, 2009, 02:16 AM

Congrats on the stars.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · September 5th, 2009, 05:26 PM

Psage

Thank you kindly

Here is so more arting.

Heres an illo about the harry potter franchise having to deal with the issue of sex.

Cricism is welcomed.

**Kenny_Callicutt** · September 5th, 2009, 06:58 PM

at the risk of spamming my own thread.. Just got some quick advice from a freind

Moved the owl over and added a little lace to the edge of the cape near the girly leg.

**Randis** · September 5th, 2009, 07:10 PM

you have many good studies here! I like the quick drawing 5-10 min, good job!
Your less strong point i think is the position and proportion of the eyes. I recommend some skull/eyeball studies to fix that.

Cheers!