Shooter

This daily digitalium is a study of a face in the news, "Kyle."

Master Copy

 The daily digitalium for today is a study after the great master, Anthony van Dyck.

Lonesome

 Today's digitalium is a digital painting of the high plains with a single cottonwood tree.

Pandemic Nurse

 

The digitalium today is another face of the pandemic. This woman is a nurse just coming off her shift in a covid ICU.

Climate Cassandra

Today's digitalium is a drawing of the British film maker David Attenborough, who recently released "A Life on Our Planet," detailed what he has seen of climate change and calling for serious action.

After Evans

The digitalium of the day is a reworking of a well-known photograph by Walker Evans.

Ten Cent Sculptor

A portrait of the sculptor Selma Burke, whose work is the basis for the FDR dime, is the digitalium for today.

Diaphanous

 The digitalium today is a figure study of a ballet dancer in a flowing gown.

Achoo!

Today's digitalium is a sketch of a sneeze.

Dresden Survivor

 The day's digitalium is a study of a man who was perpetually annoyed--"Kurt."

Figure Study

 

Today's digitalium is a figure study, from a South American television broadcast.

Picasso

 

Today's digitalium is a drawing, "Pablo," from a photo when he was about twenty.

Kneeling

Today's digitalium is a figure study of a former professional athlete.

Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day, a national remembrance of those who have served in the military forces of the United States. The memorial was originally called Armistice Day to commemorate the cessation of hostilities at the end of World War I. We keep it on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. 

Today's digitalium is in honor of veterans everywhere, and their personal sacrifices in service to their nation.

Droopy Drawers

 

The digitalium today is a toddler trying to pull up her trousers.

Long View

 Today's digitalium is another study of a seated man from an extreme perspective.

Head of a Man

 A head of a bearded man is today's digitalium.

Head Study

 

The digitalium today is a study "Head of a Man," a sketch of a Scottish actor.

Sitting Down

Today's digitalium is a perspective study of a seated man.

Halloween

 The digitalium today is a study of a horrified expression in an older man.

Head Study

 

The digitalium of the day is a study of a woman's head.

Proud

 

Another face of the astonishing year 2020 is today's digitalium, one of the Proud Boys, a self-styled militia.

Disinformation?

 Today's digitalium is a drawing of an astonished man.

Romantic

The digitalium today is a drawing of the famous French painter, Eugene Delacroix, circa 1845.

Come Hither

A digitalium for the day is based on a Victorian daguerreotype.

Nobel Novelist

Today's digitalium is a portrait drawing of the John Steinbeck, winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes for literture.

Midcentury Machine

 Digitalium for the day: a classic Buick convertible. '54 Skylark.

Reaching High

 

Today's digitalium is a drawing of Luciano Pavarotti hitting a high note in an aria.

Harvard Texan

 Today's digitalium is a line drawing of Tommy Lee Jones, the famous actor.

Mug Shot

 Today's digitalium is "Militia," a study of a man done from a police photo published last week.

Artist

The digitalium for today is a drawing of the artist Philip Guston.

Electric

 Another automotive digitalium is today's drawing: "1910 Detroit Model D Electric."

Angled Man

 

The digitalium today is a study of a man's head, done from an unusual angle.

Nifty '50

 Another vehicle from the 1950s is the subject of today's digitalium--a 1950 DeSoto sedan.

Chevy Tourliner

Today's digitalium is a "Tourliner"--a one-off modification of a 1950s truck.

Pandemic Faces Again

The pandemic has continued longer than most people thought it would, with consequences far beyond anticipation. The death toll from coronavirus in the United States topped 200,000 weeks back. The world economy continues to suffer. And winter is coming. 

Today's post of two faces of the pandemic is a simple plea. Epidemiologist experts continue to recommend masking in public, social distancing, careful hand washing, and (at least by implication) respect and care for one another. This digital drawing asks everyone who sees it to please, please abide by those recommendations. 

Another Pandemic Face

In America we are nearing 210,000 dead from the coronavirus pandemic. Today's digitalium is a college football player who is the first in the sport to die of covid-19.

Windowsill

 The digitalium for today is a female figure study.

Senator Graham

 

The digitalium for the day--one of the main players in this month's political drama.

Who, me?

 Another digitalium for today's youth--"Hipster."

Extinguished

Today's digitalium is a sketch of an exhausted fireman.

Moving Right Along

A figure of a woman jogging is today's digitalium.

Severe

Today's digitalium is a study of a woman's head, done to understand the expression.

Vaquero

Today's digitalium is a cowhand, on the range and prepared.

Curtain

The digitalium of the day is a chronically-ill man at the end of his struggles.

Ancient One

A digitalium for today, "Hatshepsut," the well-known female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt."

Fyodor

The digitalium today is a drawing of the gloomy but brilliant Russian writer, "Dostoevsky."

Head of a Woman

A study of an elderly woman is today's digitalium.

Mountain

The digitalium today is a digital painting--a distant view of Mt. Baker, from a photo reference.

Die Walküre

The digitalium today is a drawing of a famous composer/showman. "Richard."