Male Portraits

Latest from the sketchbook

It's infinitely easier to snap from a smartphone and upload quickly. So now I don't have any excuse.

Here's a selection from my sketch book. 

I'm putting the pressure on myself to draw everyday. So hopefully I'll be churning out the art! 

watercolour practice

Lips study in watercolour

  

Fiona in watercolour

No reference watercolour and pencil sketch

Beardy Man watercolour

The look watercolour

New Blog

So I have been taken in by the appeals of Instagram and tumblr, leaving this blog a bit neglected. I'm not techno-savvy enough or organised enough to have them all somehow integrated. 

Nevertheless I will still post on this blog. 

David

Tumblr: davidraws.tumblr.com

Instagram: instagram.com/davidlymburn

Motivation

Returning from world travel has given me a greater sense of motivation in pursuing a career in drawing.  I hope to commit more of my time to my sketch books and less time on menial money making jobs that absorb most of my time and leave me physically and mentally drained with no wish to pick up a pencil.

I have grand plans but I still have to remain realisitic, i.e. I still have to get a job.  But the balance of work vs art will definitely shift.

If travel gives you one thing it is reflection.  I hope my motivation doesn't wane in the return to routine and normal everyday life.

Biro Love

I've been doodling away with my biro and rediscovered the joy of drawing with the bare minimum.  I rely too much on Photoshop and get distracted with colours, brushes and pen nib widths! It's actually a relief to draw with limited tools.  

As I'm in Nepal and surrounded by Hindu imagery, I thought about doing my version of Lord Shiva, which turned out to look a lot like he is a character from a 90's beat-em-up... 'Hindu God Kombat'?

Lord Shiva

My next drawing, started out as a drawing of a female, but morphed before my eyes into a classical style greek male.  This is one of the main reasons I like to draw without reference.  You can draw without really thinking and the results are always unexpected and interesting.  

Male

Last Days in Nepal

Dashain is officially over today.  Throughout this past week, I have been to numerous feasts of amazing Newari food, rice beer and rice wine.  Not forgetting the lovely people and their families who have welcomed us, strangers, into their house and showed such warm hospitality .  I am going to miss Nepal a lot.  Only 4 more days left of teaching and then goodbye Bhaktapur.

Me getting my tika on!

Context

3 years saving money.  1 year planning. 6 months waiting.

Travelling.

5 and a half months has gone by along with Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Each country with varying degrees of wonders, fun, challenges and dangers.

Currently I reside in Bhakatpur, Nepal, entering my 2nd month as a volunteer who teaches English in a small school.  My journal, which I treasured, was stolen along with my passport - in Vietnam - which is one of the main reasons I am now blogging.

Beautiful Bhaktapur