Charcoal Dust and Magic!

These first 6 weeks of 2014 have been a mad sketch fest!

I've been drawing almost every day - from working drawings for design projects to commissions, portraits and illustrations - the majority of it BMX related. I've burnt through more charcoal pencils than I can count, and had a lot of fun in the process.

Here's a small selection of some of my portrait sketches from the last few weeks, starting with a little time lapse video of a quick sketch of Brett Down's (of the Plywood Hoods) daughter Kelly...

The finished piece...

This charcoal piece was commissioned by Ryan Nyquist (team rider for Haro BMX) - his two rad little dudes, Jameson and Tristan...

This piece was for John Buultjens of Haro BMX - his beautiful little girl, Mackenzie Mae...

And a quick sketch of freestyle BMX legend Bob Haro…