Artist Michael

Segment Drawings  I actually did this segment drawing last month. This is the last completed drawing or excercise that I've done.

I did this one as an excercise from ...

Pencil Drawing Exercises  Michael has some great ideas on what kind of drawing exercises to do to sharpen your drawing skills - check them out here.

Cabin Heater 
Yesterday (Sunday) we all went up to my wife's mother's cabin at Mt Charleston for a family BBQ for Memorial Day.
This cabin is pretty old, it's ...

Left Handed Barn 
My third left handed sketch. Again, done in charcoal.
I am just not feeling it with these left handed sketches.... ...it's just, compared to what ...

Left Handed Alvin 
This is my second left handed sketch.

This took a little longer. A tremendous amount of practice....nothing feels natural with my left...even ...

Money 
I started this drawing for my wife who said I can't make money drawing....but I couldn't finish it...I had to spend the subject....:)


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Country Sunday Painted  Some of you may remember an old drawing I submitted a long time ago, drawn in pen called Country Sunday ....many of you may not...:)
I got this program ...

Personl Project Final 
Here is what I believe to be the finished product of my Personal Project. I am also including some close-ups for details.
It was looking at these ...

Personal Project Update 1 
Here is an update to the Personal Project I uploaded a couple of days ago.
This is showing the end part of Phase 2, which is the foam characters....

Personal W.I.P. 
I am starting a project that is a bit different than what I have been doing, well, not actually different, but more.......I decided to let you all in ...

Drawing Tools  Here is the typewriter eraser that I have mentioned a few times, and Kerry had asked about.
It is an incredible tool for straight line highlights and ...

Stone Work 
This was a drawspace.com challenge drawing. I didn't get the chance to finish it before the challenge deadline.

I submitted it as is, and posting ...

Dagger 
This was a tutorial by Brenda Hoddinott using advanced hatching and cross-hatching techniques. I don't really care for the harsh contrasts of hatching ...

Drawings With Color  This is a lovely selection of Michael's drawings with color.

Paper Sun 
Sorry for my absence....just been busy with the kids school, been practicing my drawing a lot more lately. I actually have 6 drawings that are in the ...

Halloween Pumpkin 2010 
Hey everyone...no I have not been abducted by one of Jim's drawings....lol. I have been busy. I did get a drawing done and submitted. But I wanted ...

Happy Halloween 
I did this one as a personal Happy Halloween to everyone here at allaboutdrawings.com.

The spectre comes from a book called Drawing And Painting ...

On Your Mark 
I have found myself in a slump with my drawings. No picture is turning out right for some reason. I feel like an author with writers block. I was ...

Landscape Drawings by Michael  Here is a group of landscape drawings created by Michael and you have to see them! Michael has a very tidy style and he likes to use a mechanical pencil to highlight that fact.

Fighter 
This is the one that I just finished that I had mentioned in another thread, yeah, the one I freaked out about no blending stumps...oh my mind shivers ...

Drawings of Super Heroes  Michael proves he is a very proficient artist with these drawings of super heroes.

Military Guns Unfinished 
My oldest, jacob (12) had a book from the library that was all about military stuff. He asked me to draw some of the guns...so here is what I got done ...

Sci-Fi Drawings  Here is a great collection of Sci-Fi Drawings by Michael and each one is fantastic artwork for those interested in science fiction.

A Skeleton 
This is a loose rendition I just did today.

It is of Bernard Siegfried Albinus' 1747 drawing titled "A Skeleton". I omitted the rhino that was ...

The Yard Sale 
This is what happens when you ask someone who draws to help you out with a yard sale.

This was several years ago, my wife and mother-in-law were ...

The Brave 
This was done many years ago. I used a regular #2 school pencil.

I don't remember how long it took me.......another small homage to my ancestry....

Hallows Manor 
Here are the pics I promised of the imvu 3D room that Marty's Hoggie and Claire's old house inspired.

This is my Avatar, Miznike69 showing you the ...

Marty's Inspiration 
This is a 3D room that I derived on imvu. It was inspired by our good friend Marty's, Hoggie and Claire's Old House story. I modeled it after the house ...

Drawings of Planes, Trains, Ships and Bikes  This is an assembly of drawings of planes, trains, ships and bikes - see I told you Michael can draw anything!

Nightmare 
I am a Nightmare On Elm Street Fan. I drew this several years ago. I screwed up on the girl so much that I couldn't fix her face cause I had already ...

Model A 
I was thumbing through a automotive history book..... did you all know that the local library is an awesome source of drawing subjects??? It almost ...

Loungin' Dragon 
I am not exactly sure where I saw this now...I don't recall. I just kinda liked the way he looked...all loungin' and stuff. So of course...I had to ...

Hoggie And Claire's Old House by Michael 
I too was intrigued enough to take a stab at this old house.

As for the kids and driver? Who knows? There are a number of places they could be,...

Drawing The Human Form by Michael  Michael seems to have no difficulty in drawing the human form - this is something we can all study and learn from him, thanks Michael.

Animal Drawings by Michael  This is a great collection of animal drawings by Michael who can turn his hand to drawing any subject. He has a great drawing style.

Into Thy Hands 
I drew this many years ago, at a time when I was very heavily into the Bible.

It got a little damaged over the years....(yeeeaaahhh kids...lol)...

Car Drawings by Michael  A good selection of car drawings by Michael who shares a whole lot of drawing tips with us all.

One Of My Failures 
Here is one of my "failures" I had mentioned that I would post. The front tire is waaaayy too small for the truck and the proportion is off through-...

My Dark Days 
I drew this one in the dark days of my youth. I really can't explain too much about this....suffice it to say, it speaks for itself......


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Portfolio Cover 
I drew this picture to be the cover for my portfolio of drawings.

I just started drawing ideas and linked them together in a collage type format....

Drawings by Jayme, Jared and Jacob  Here's a collection of drawings by the Betz family. It is fantastic to see the artistic talent run through a whole family and these drawings are admirable by those so young.

Midnight Flower 
I call this Midnight Flower because I couldn't sleep last night, so I was up till after 3:00 a.m. drawing this one. I used my mechanical pencil with ...

Marty's Pirate Contest 
The towering pirate Stan reaches for his pistol a second too late before the Musketeers Rapier finds it's first target.....

Not my best work, but ...

Mood Collage 
I am not exactly sure what I was feeling at this time. I was studying to be a Pastor, but was fast losing interest in that career (very long story)...

Clowns Together Forever 
I drew this picture for my wife when we first started living together 12 years ago.

By this time I had begun using a mechanical pencil, and only ...

Big Rig 
I did this drawing some time ago. I had originally done it for someone else, but then I ended up not seeing them again (long story), so I just kept ...

The Gift Offered 
I know this is supposed to be Pencil Drawings...but my other religious drawing, I put in here, so I will keep them together.

I did this one in '98 ...

Wilderness Friends 
I am part Cherokee....I regret that I know nothing about that side of my heritage. But I do like to draw Native American stuff.

Well, to be honest,...

The Piercing 
This was inspired by the movie The Passion Of The Christ. It's pretty self explanatory.....

***Note from Kerry:
Michael, I really admire your drawing ...

9/11 Fireman 
I have always been into drawing. I did this right after September 11th, and I guess you could call it my personal therapy.

Please note, I did ...

Swords On Hold  
This is the other piece I am currently working on that needs to be put on hold for now... until after surgery and recovery.

It is graphite on Ledger ...

Heart Locked 
I drew this one for my wife during a slight altercation, (yeah, like I'm the only one..lol). Anytime I have had to be......ummmm...."on staycation"...