A visual story of one art student's journey + more drivel.. 3 23 13 updates..

**My57** · December 19th, 2010, 08:45 PM

oh fuck me i love your portraits

Can't wait to see some more! I love your pencil work!

**Jai Kamat** · December 19th, 2010, 11:58 PM

your pencilwork is absolutely the gold standard!

**Odayga** · December 20th, 2010, 12:40 AM

I'm blown away by your work.. your pencils and the way you render makes me very happy *_*

**The_Flying_Dutchman** · December 23rd, 2010, 07:55 AM

Fantastic sketches, man. Great grasp of tonal values. Keep it up!

**Guan** · December 23rd, 2010, 10:07 AM

really cool you anatomy study and pencil stuff here, hope you can comment my work here.

**jNeumann** · December 23rd, 2010, 10:51 AM

Your anatomy and lines are incredible. This book is seriously inspiring. Keep it fresh!

**scholz** · December 26th, 2010, 04:56 AM

Great pen work man!

**NeonDuck** · December 26th, 2010, 05:12 AM

wow, those portraits are awesome! i especially like the more sketchy ones, you get so much out of just the linework already!

**ThomasM** · December 27th, 2010, 05:33 AM

holy CRAP! seriously seriously nice stuff in this sketchbook. I am so glad I stumbled across this sketchbook. I will be doing studies of (probably all) the figure sketches in here in an attempt to learn this style. 5 stars and subscribed for sure! Maybe even a new favourite sketchbook!

It has made my day finding this goldmine of great works!

**Odayga** · December 27th, 2010, 04:53 PM

Your definitely due for an update

**mrd33ds** · December 28th, 2010, 11:43 AM

you, my friend, are INCREDIBLE....

**djouad amar** · December 28th, 2010, 12:09 PM

a serial killer with a pen.

**ezekrialase** · December 28th, 2010, 12:41 PM

I really enjoyed looking through your sketchbook, your shading is magnificent!

**halaster** · December 28th, 2010, 01:41 PM

great studies!

**kevinwueste** · January 2nd, 2011, 05:29 PM

Thank you, first of all, everyone for the .. well the commentary kind of blew me away - maybe something is working in these things after all! I am humbled by the feedback I get here. And it is all very much appreciated!

-Kevin

and here now- the news.. oh - these from-life -gestures are my first in at least a month.. the studio/walk-in for these has no direct light ( to me, necessary to do useful quick drawings) so they don't have such sure shadows ( cast and terminator and form).. I can't wait to get back to real (good) light! head studies in graphite from photo refs and final painting an unfinished work from the Guild Atelier.. from life..

**Mawh** · January 3rd, 2011, 03:47 AM

Awesome, man. Really incredibly awesome. I just had a life drawing session... and your work is really an inspiration to me. Thanks !

**Malakuko** · January 3rd, 2011, 07:31 AM

oh yeah, just what I need in the morning

**Justas** · January 3rd, 2011, 07:57 AM

Hey Kev! stuning updates, as always, great inspiration. I wanted to ask you, what do you use to apply the charcoal on the tone area? brush, cloth or some other stuffs?

**Wr00m** · January 3rd, 2011, 09:03 AM

subscribe!

**Nuno** · January 3rd, 2011, 09:51 AM

Hey Kevin, your work is truly inspiring.
I love that second gesture and the girl's portrait.

**marioucci** · January 14th, 2011, 11:02 AM

Holy Schubert!!!

I havent seen all the pages yet but those expression studies are so good. 5* and a subsc. added.

**Odayga** · January 14th, 2011, 02:19 PM

Your figures are amazing... really love your linework and the way you render! very lovely style!!

**kevinwueste** · January 15th, 2011, 01:15 AM

Mawh - thank you - I hope the lesson was good! ( I need some!)
Malakuko - thank you - myself as well!
Justas - thanks !! mostly just the side of a given pencil but sometimes - like in some of these recent ones I will pull out the chamois to lose and even some tone.. to lose lines and information after a cast or terminator shadow.. it can add to the light and shadow /painterly effect (vs just a drawing).. at least that's the idea! I have recently tried brushes but on the smooth newsprint there is not much effect.
wr00m - thank you !
Nuno - thank you very much for your kind words!
Marioucci - wow - cheers and I visited your work - lots of great stuff - I think you might be a fan of Jenny Saville ?
Odayga - thank you!

Some new figures.. beginning work on a careful long-pose portrait - we'll see how that goes!

all of these are from life and from 1-20 minutes..

**kevinwueste** · January 15th, 2011, 10:01 PM

My only wish for the walk-in drawing deals is: GET SOME GOOD LIGHTING.. none of them really do so I suffer and do my best with shapes and some notion of terminator and cast shadow..

.. a composite of today's drawings ( and one from last time to help the composition.. sort-of!) - all from the live model, on mostly smooth newsprint ( a few on rough - I ran out of smooth!)..1-20 minutes nothing more.. conte sanguine pencil..

**ThomasM** · January 16th, 2011, 03:58 AM

just out of interest - you are left handed I'm guessing? these last updates are great as usual so keep up the good work

**whisper_wm** · January 16th, 2011, 05:20 AM

Nice studies! Keep at it!

Oh, and because ThomasM mentioned it, now I'm curious too... Are you left-handed?

**Reok** · January 16th, 2011, 06:09 AM

Amazing Work!

**Marian Rowling** · January 16th, 2011, 06:13 AM

Hi Kevin loving the updates. I really admire how few lines you are able to use and yet capture such expressive poses. You always make me want to try harder. I can sympathize with the poor lighting you mention as I have the same problem at my class which makes it very difficult even when squinting away. Do you think in these situations it would be better to just use the model as a starting point and rely more on your knowledge of lighting forms? I don't have that knowledge yet myself but I'm sure with your experience you do.

**Odayga** · January 16th, 2011, 01:19 PM

Really dig your life drawings and I love your linework

**wasabi89** · January 16th, 2011, 02:13 PM

Awesome !

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