Matt Hanley Storytelling » drawings

New Sketches by Me

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:16:40 +0000

As another notebook nears saturation, I scanned some drawings I’ve made in it over the past couple months. The notebook is a Moleskine knockoff, its thin pages reveal traces of the opposite sides. Some of the drawings are of real people I observed, others are from memory or imagination.

I don’t know what prompted this drawing. I think I challenged myself to make a black person. The gun just kind of drew itself. I kept it in for contrast to the suit. I titled this, “Nice black gentleman with gun.”

Another from the imagination. This reminds me a bit of my father. I am not sure what the headgear is. It kind of looks like a captain’s hat. I titled this, “Captain Dad.”

This was from memory of Chicago’s new mayor, Emmanuel Rahm.

I don’t know who this is. I think he is materialistic and Metropolitan. I titled it “Rich Weak Man.”

Here are a couple performers from a comedy open mic. I don’t know their names.

Here’s a raw sketch, quite abstract in its incompleteness.. Normally I don’t draw the ‘big name’ comedians. But I like the essence of this.. call it “Lebo.”

Hashing

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:00:00 +0000

I re-joined a running group, the Hash Harriers. And I sketched a picture with chalk on the sidewalk of last night’s “On In” location. The gist of “hashing” is to stay on trail to find the end-point (“on in”).

Eiffel Tower

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:44:00 +0000

I came upon the Eiffel Tower at sunset. I gazed at it from afar and walked towards it. Magnifique! Alas, at nighttime, you are only given access to the first 2 landings; the top is off-limits. During the day, you can climb, at no charge, to the first 2 landings; and pay to reach the top. I was very impressed by this structure. A nice surprise was the razzling light display that “goes off” every half hour.

I sketched this at dusk. The photo of this sketch excluses the foreground. Someday I will properly scan my drawings. Or, perhaps re-draw so that I can achieve higher quality.