Figure Drawing Archive

Athena is recognized as the goddess of civilization, wisdom, arts & craft, inspiration & creativity, strategy, skill, strength, & justice.

'Nother new Athena

Tall trees reach into the sky, branches creating new eye shapes for the moon to peek through with each step. These moon eyes became hypnotic, watching the moon watch me.

This is a dream image.

I just can’t get enough of Picasso's artwork, and it is time to revisit those Vollard Suite prints.

I finished reading a comic series a few weeks ago, called The Hero, that has quickly become one of my very favorites.

I think I've finally finished this new artwork, called "Between the Trees". See the evolution of the idea.

A #dream image that has stuck with me for years and pressed itself into my imagination.

Fly free, Buddy. I love you forever!

It started a few months ago last spring with a pair of coyote I'd sometimes run into. I'd spot them up the hills. By the river.

I like to watch documentaries while I draw sometimes.

The Wolf was an end and a beginning.

There is something special about our feathered pals.

Branches and bark on his face and skin, leaves as his hair, with flowers and foliage growing out of his mouth.

I’ve got Marc Chagall on my brain again.

Today I just wanted to look at some of Franz Marc‘s paintings.

I’d travel down to the ghost town Cisco to do some weekend work in the surrounding area and earn a little extra cash.

There is another Presidential debate tonight…

When I was a kid the Uncanny X-Men were my thing.

It's a strange but interesting world!

In Michelangelo‘s “Creation of Man” the figure of God and the Heavenly Host actually form the shape of a human brain.

Alchemy is an old science, a forerunner of chemistry.

There are many systems of magick (gratuitous “k” included) that I find very interesting.

One of my favorite comics, Locke & Key.

Catching up with the comic series Prophet.

Gotta love Charles Burns!

One of my favorite paintings is Paul Gauguin‘s “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”.

All about Marc Chagall!

I stumbled upon this picture the other day and I can’t get it out of my mind.

This last week I came across the drawing above by artist Georgio de Chirico called the Mathematician.

The Exquisite Corpse is a game invented by the Surrealists

If the world is supposed to end sometime today, I at least want to see some of Wassily Kandinsky‘s artwork again before we all blow up…

Searching for and studying reproductions of Utagawa Kuniyoshi‘s woodblock prints has become something of an obsession.

I wanted to post Yoshitoshi's “Underwater Fight” because I really like this picture!

I love this picture so much!

I did read the first collection of a new series called Manifest Destiny.

One thing I like to do while I draw though is have a documentary playing.

Off to see Groot and Company later today. Trees are such good buddies!

I was probably first introduced to The Celestials way back in Thor 300.

I’m kind of on a Minotaur kick.

I’ve been looking at Albrecht Dürer’s engravings a lot this week.

This post is dedicated to Finn and Jake!

Love, The B.P.R.D

Nerdy nerdy, geek out!‍

Marvel Comics is doing some very cool stuff in all of their books, and all of those books tie into their newest event, Secret Wars.

I’ve been looking at a lot of old religious artwork lately, and have been enjoying the work of Jan van Eyck especially.

Lost Treasures of Tibet

Uncle Samsara

The picture of the day today is “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault.

Thinking about Picasso‘s image “Woman with a Crow”

It seems like a great day to look at artwork by Fernand Leger.

I’ve recently discovered a comic book that has revived my interest again, called Baltimore.

Today I’m posting some of Georgia O’Keefe‘s cityscapes.

Pieter Bruegel‘s painting “Hunters in the Snow”

Today I am looking at the work of Niki de Saint-Phalle.

Promethea is another comic series that might suit your mood this time of year.

Comictober!

I meant to talk about The White Lama…

Remember?

(I feel old today…)

The poem “in Just-” has wedged itself into my imagination.

A person’s life purpose

I was probably in Junior High or something when I first heard about skinwalkers.

I probably first read The Hobbit when I was about nine years old.

“I will stamp my name upon men’s minds forever!”

I like to spend time wandering through bookstores, just to see what I can find.

I really enjoy the work of Jackson Pollock.

It occurs to me that I haven’t posted any Robert Motherwell

I’ve always really liked this self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Let's all look at it again

I’ve been visiting with the work of Czech painter, František Kupka.

This week, I’ve found myself going back and visiting with the work of Jasper Johns. Specifically, “The Four Seasons” series.

I like to look at these sort-a township city-scape type paintings.

Jackson Pollock’s painting “Guardians of the Secret”

I’ve had Picasso on my mind this week, and decided I’d post some more of his artwork to satisfy my hungry eyes.

Gustav Klimt‘s piece Hygeia, above, is really a detail of a larger painting… but such a beautiful portrait!

I’m still looking at the work of Gustav Klimt this week.

I was reminded of Charles Demuth‘s painting “I Saw the Figure Five in Gold” earlier this week

I felt like looking at Picasso‘s painting(s), called “Three Musicians”.

Picasso has drawn, painted and sculpted many great pieces of art featuring animals.

Max Ernst is definitely one of my favorite painters, and I especially love his invention and work with grattage.

Today I’m going to post a number of paintings by Russian born painter, Pavel Tchelitchew.

I’ve been coming across a lot of work by Francis Picabia that I was previously unfamiliar with.

So are we to the trees...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.

A penny for the Old Guy

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

And I was alive

Some words I have been thinking about a bit this week…

It may be obvious if you scroll through my recent posts, but I’ll just restate that I’ve got ancient Egypt on my mind.

I’ve been obsessed with the paintings of Ainslie Roberts. His work is new to me, and I’m very glad I’ve discovered it.

Göbekli Tepe was first discovered in Turkey in the ’60s, but it wasn’t until 1996 that work was really started by archaeologist Klaus Schmidt.

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while… or at least start collecting images of these Venus clay figurines.

We learned last week that ISIS militants were destroying ancient historical artifacts on display at the Mosul Museum in Iraq.

I’m pretty partial to Leonardo Da Vinci‘s “Virgin of the Rocks”.

It's all just Samsara.

Rock art located in Texas called The White Shaman.

I’ve been coming across images of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut a lot lately.

Dreams can be pretty important. Maybe not always, but they certainly can be.

It was an owl, and it was actually there and gone pretty quick.