Tag Archives: Sketch

Derwent Dark Wash Pencil on Cheap Sketchbook

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Lately, I’ve been curling up on the couch, partially watching television and doodling in a cheap sketchbook with Derwent Dark Wash Pencils and some of the other booty I ordered from JetPens. It’s hardly an optimal drawing arrangement — the … Continue reading →

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Return of the Atomic Warrior

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Joe_Williams

An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash pencil which I bought a while back … Continue reading →

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Holiday Fatigue

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Somewhere at the end of the ’80s I started dating a girl just after the holidays. I sketched out this little cartoon combining Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter for her as a gag greeting card.

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The Creep

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Joe

Fiddling around a bit with a quick little sketch which I brought into Affinity Photo.

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Scarf Boy

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Joe_Williams

A while back the site Stuff White People Like did one of their many lists of objects and activities particular to Caucasians, and one of them was women wearing scarves as a year ’round fashion accessory. I chuckled because I … Continue reading →

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Giant Monsters at the Y

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Joe_Williams

More aimless sketching at the YMCA. My son and I recently saw the big budget, American remake/reboot of the Japanese kaiju classic, and I guess the big G was floating around my brain and out through the end of my … Continue reading →

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It’s FUN to Draw at the Y.M.C.A.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Joe_Williams

My son is a water-bug and always has been so we eventually signed him up at the local YMCA and got him squared away with swimming lessons which he took to like…a…fish to water (nice simile, Hemingway!) Our boy goes … Continue reading →

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Faster than a Speeding Primate

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Joe_Williams

I was stumped for an idea for a Valentine this year so I sat with a sketchbook and hoped my pencil would do my thinking for me.

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Surgery and Leaps of Faith – Visual Metaphors

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Visual Metaphor that I created for a client that deals with executives and trains them in leadership and people skills. The client asks her client to come up with a 3-part list consisting of 1. Where they were, … Continue reading →

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