Bloody but Unbowed

The daily digitalium is a sketch of a homeless but unconquered man. "Invictus."

Writer

A digitalium today of the prominent American author and philosopher William Gass  who died a few years ago.

Writer, Lecturer

The digitalium of the day is a portrait of Frederick Douglass, the ex-slave who became a fierce and erudite advocate for the rights of black people.

Power

Digital memory sketch of a Percheron, intended to show its cool and powerful demeanor. A metaphor.

Chanticleer

The digitalium of the day is "Rojo," a sketch of a truly dominant rooster.

Leo's Lady

A copy after Leonardo daVinci's "Head of a Young Woman," dating to 1483 is today's digitalium.

British Polymath

This daily digitalium is a portrait sketch of John Ruskin who was a famous British polymath--artist, writer, lecturer, and philosopher.

Abstract Painter

The digitalium for today, a sketch of Lee Kasner, the well-known abstract-expressionist painter. She was married to Jackson Pollock at the beginning of the 1950s.

Conservationist

Today's digitalium is a sketch of John Muir smiling, an unusual expression for the famous conservationist and writer.

Cold Street

The daily digitalium is "Coatless," a sketch of a young boy begging in the snow, in a big city."

Savior of Children

This digitalium of the day is Sir Nicholas Winton when he was about 100 or so. He died at 106 in 2015. Mr. Winton rescued hundreds of Jewish children from the Holocaust.

Elder

This daily digitalium came from a news photo of an elderly woman staring out a window. The idea was to capture her resigned expression of loneliness.

Hand Study

The daily digitalium is a copy of one of the Michelangelo drawings that have survived. A famous hand.

Irascible

Today's digitalium is a tronie. "Curmudgeon" represents every difficult, argumentative and cantankerous older person you've met. These digitalia are only studies for possible later paintings.

Sad Clown

Today's digitalium is a drawing of a famous comedian/actor who died not too long ago. The expression of sadness drew me in.

At the Start

The digitalium today is a ten minute figure study of a male athlete, crouching on a low bench. Perhaps a swimmer, or maybe a gymnast.

Young FDR

Today's digitalium is Franklin Roosevelt, from a photo of his young adulthood, before he contracted poliomyelitis. He looked serious and ambitious in the image.

Uncle Henry

The digitalium of the day is a portrait drawing of Charley Grapewin, an now-fogotten character actor from the 20th century who had a supporting role in The Wizard of Oz.

The Duke

A digitalium for today is a sketch of the movie actor John Wayne, from a publicity shot. He had a distinctive way of carrying himself, which is what I was trying to capture in this figure study.

Guilty

Today's digitalium is an illustration of a very sad little dog. "Sorry."

One-armed

Today's digitalium is a drawing of a Chilean guitarist who plays it well with only one arm. "Andres Godoy."

Joe

The digitalium for today is a sketch of an American politician.

Quick Lizzie

Today's digitalium is an ultra-quick twenty minute sketch of a friend's 1913 Ford Model T.

At the Oracle

The digitalium of the day is a landscape painting done in Sketchbook. "Toward Parnassus" is the view from Delphi.

Uber--rich

Today's digitalium is a study of the central face of one of the world's billionaires and a powerful media tycoon.

Head

Today's digitalium is a very quick study of a woman's head. The interest here was the expression rather than rendering every feature academically.

Anguish

This digital daily comes from a body of my drawings that explore facial expression. This man was describing the violent death of his brother. "Anguish" is the title.

Vincent

This daily digitalium is from a photo made of van Gogh when he was nineteen. He would die less than two decades later by his own hand.

Street Smart

The digitalium of the day is a homeless man, who was featured in a news item about offering street people a makeover.

Columbus Circle

Digitalium of the day, a news stand near the subway entrance in Columbus Circle, New York City. N