Concept sketches

As an artist, I rely heavily on my practice. It takes a lot of patience before coming up with the ideal piece that I can say I can be proud of. I play around a whole hell of a lot before really coming down to the brass tacks. In terms of concepts, I LOVE to sketch. I prefer the practice to painting because it makes me sit down, find my patience and put everything out there. With painting, I can try and try again and one canvas can host multiple paintings, if I so wish. But with sketching, there is a finality for it, and it requires me to be more understanding of my vision. It requires much more thinking and questioning: are all of the elements there? is it too bold? is it too bland? Sure, you can always erase, but there is something much more mature and original about a sketch. Here is a concept I've been working on for an upcoming piece I'm featuring in a Christmas show in November.

Detail of ram skull

8x12" heavy paper, ink drawing, currently for sale

Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration, but even that can be hard to come by. Hopefully this will progress in to a large acrylic painting, but as for now, I am feeling the flow and I need to keep this train movin'. 

P.S. This is one of my first ink drawings. I feel like I've really been missing out, but here I am!