[mark yundt]

Some time ago we ran around the topic of the book,,Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Over the years I keep going back to it,,and doodling around and for me it's made a difference. Now I know there are flatwork artists out there,who are schooled in this stuff,which I'm not,,but here are a few pics of my efforts at pencil sketching.The main models are sculptures by Bernini,,St Theresa,,and the other is in a fountain,,the other is just a group of roses ( obviously) and the last is from my last trip to Paris and shows a stand of fresh baked breads.I did these with my trusty Pentel 205 mechanical pencil.

[Blinky Bill]

Does this mean you are now going to abandon your knives and chisels in favour of sketch block and charcoals ? LOL
Mark, thanks so much for showing these, it gives me hope.....I know what I see, but cannot get my vision down on paper, therefore must depend on photographs or other peoples sketches/patterns.......just yesterday (Friday) I was informed by an Australian online bookstore, that my copy of Drawing on The Right Side of The Brain, is in the mail. Don't expect miracles, but with the good reports by others and now you,...I am hopeful of some improvement....
Thanks again for sharing your great sketches.
John

[doris]

hi Mark, here i am as you requested :-) ... you were in paris, and not gave me a call, so we could meet ? a shame...just kidding, hope you had a great time...

i enjoy your drawings a lot. they are great, and i enjoy seeing we do have a similar style. i put one of my drawings so you can compare, more are on my homepage, and yes i also draw sculptures, my favourite ones, is the best learning to me...

as for the critique you asked, i feel a little unsure, since i love your drawings. but since you asked this i want say what i see... please, do take only what you agree with, and discard others...

my favourite is the roses. the glas is so clearly to read as glas, the roses i would like touch and feel they really have the special soft feeling rose flower leaves have, and you captured it. i love that in particular. very nice balance of tonal values :-)
mother theresa, you changed her pose a little (dont know if you meant to), this softens the dramatic of the peace, the mystic extasy (but maybe you intended that). nice attention to detail, the many folds nicely and rendered with a lot of depth, and as in sculpture to read the forms underneath. very well done., and, i hardly dare say, there is a big problem with her left eye. (the line connecting the eyes is angled away from the line of the mouth.) i know this is difficult, since her facial expression is so unusual, i tried drawing that once myself, and failed ;-) (and probably therefore i saw it in yours )
the breads. :-) yes this is nice too. here i would wish a little more tonal contrasts though. to make it a little more "pop". other than that, beuatiful drawing, interesting chosen composition, nice contrasts of shapes, and again, wonderfully captured the "materials" your drawings speak "touch me to see if its real" to me (ah, i always get problems in museums, where here is not allowed to touch things, but i feel urge to, and more than once made an alarm go on ...)
berninis angel, i dont know this sculpture (what a shame). but from your drawing i would have known is from him. folds are again gorgous, and here too, tonal values are great. expresion is a little "mocking" (hope this is correct translation) and i love that, subtle you did it, very nice. like the way the drawing is tight, and has a tension...
whoops, do ask me to critique, and i go overboard...hope it helps. i enjoy a lot looking your draiwngs. they are wonderful. thanks for sharing.

[Doug Ridley]

Mark, you continue to amaze me! I think your drawings are fantastic.

[Nancy-ID]

Ditto. You are a true , muli-talented artist. I used to have that book but it got lost somehere over the years. Guess I'd better buy another. Thanks for sharing your drawings Mark.

[mark yundt]

Thanks everyone,,no,I'm not hanging up my chisels just yet! I always enjoyed seeing pencil sketches and wanted to get better control of my own ,at times unruly pencil. The book ( for me anyway) really helped,,both my sketching as well as carving.The ability to sketch,though relaxing in itself,also helps me illustrate ideas better for my clients.I don't have to say as often,,"I know this sketch looks lousy,,but trust me,,your carving will look much better!"
Doris, thanks for your thoughts,,I really appreciate them,,,here ,,as in most things,,I still have much to learn.Not to make excuses,but the translation from the sketch book,to camera,then posting,,something is lost in these in the tonal values. Most of them go from almost solid black to very subtle shades and pure white,,and here they have picked up sepia tones and values were lost??? O.K.,,now I have to work on my photo and computer skills.I feel like the model for my Eagle,,will I ever be finished and ready to soar?Thanks again everyone for your support.It means alot to me.

[Ashbys]

Mark,

I am not an artist, my drawing are mostly rough line to advance a concept. But I do try to look at things with my eyes open and usually beyond the simple of it is a door.

But I have to say something here. Doris did a very nice critique, and although I have never seen the work of the artist mention , I find your drawings pleasing. But of the four you have shown us your roses are indeed the most impressive.

To me not because of the glass, not because of the softness of the petal but because of either the conscious or sub-conscious content you placed into the picture.

Each into it own vase , into a circle, forming the single step in a circle of life. Counterclockwise the first a bud , the start of life , the each showing a different step of of part of life until the last showing the aged petal turning down soon to lose the parts of the petals that made it what it was. The Vase locking each into a single moment to capture that vision of time.

Mark, you may have been looking at tones , but you acquired much much more. That is an outstanding drawing .

Garry

[mark yundt]

Oh No!!!!,,now someone else is in my head besides me,,,nice place to visit though,,,,scary at times,,,but I like it...

Thank you Gary.I'm so glad you saw it.....

[doris]

hey, now i understand...wow, i am slow... yes, the roses, i like them most, but i did not understand really why they moved me (besides the "technical" things i mentioned)...very nice, and thanks garry, for pointing to it. yes, mark, i should have known something like this is in, i wondered about the stages of the roses, and admired you made all these, should have think on your eagle...thanks again for sharing

edit .... oh, i did not consider the foto might have lost the values. sorry, mark, must have sound harsh to you...i just went from what i saw on my screen, forgetting the tech steps of processing for computer in between

[mark yundt]

Didn't sound harsh at all..you can only comment on what you saw,,and that is how it looks,,no problem at all,,,,Thanks though,,I appreciate it.