Sketches – Dave Howard

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How I Became a New Yorker Cartoonist | The New Yorker by Liza Donnelley

Liza Donnelley is an award-winning cartoonist and the author of Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons Some inspiration. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-i-became-a-new-yorker-cartoonist?utm_campaign=falcon&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned

Inktober Day 3, Anne With An E

Not everything has to perfect, these are some quick sketches watching “Anne With An E” with my mother in law, who is a fan of the show.

Inktober Day 2

Inktober 2021 Day 2 did not go so well, so here is an unfinished drawing from last year’s Inktober. #inktober2021 #inktober

First day of Inktober 2021. Another random magazine photo, trying to do some contour shading. Forgive me, its been a while. But, then again, this is what inktober is all about, gettin’ out there. With… drawing magazine photos? #inktober

Blind contour Subway sketch, May 7, 2004

Grease pencil

Life drawing from 2004

Life drawing from November 26, 2004.

Subway scene

Subway sketch from April 12, 2004. People are reading books, not looking at their phones. So strange.

Subway crossword

Random subway sketch from 2004 of another passenger doing his crossword.

Hitting that chord

Day 3 of Inktober#inktober

Practice portrait

Day 2 of Inktober, another random portrait from a found booklet. #inktober

Selfie, long form

Day 1 of Inktober, a self portrait in pencil. I’m cheating, this one is from July. #inktober

End of the parade

A found sketch from a 2004 ‘sketchcrawl’ where we wandered onto the end of that year’s Santa Claus Day Parade, sketching madly as the marching bands began to dissipate. It was so much fun, I should try this again some time, even make this a regular thing.

Category Archives: Sketches

Gnome time

Random practice

Work From Home

Sketching at home