ROYAL PORTRAIT

LAST DAY IN L.A.

POOL

PEOPLE I KNOW

Hello,
Here are some drawings of some people I know.

This is a portrait commission from Emerson Wahl, a Los Angeles-based percussionist.


Jill:


Natasha:


More soon.

Bye!

VIKING+BIRDY

GIRL

HOUJAN

Houjan sat next to me at a Starbucks yesterday and started talking to me. It was the best conversation I've had with a complete stranger. I'll remember it for a long time, I'm sure. What a nice guy.

WILLEM

LADIES

SKETCHES / HARRY POTTER

Hey internet,

I had a very nice visit home for 4th of July (my favorite holiday) - here's a sketchbook spread from that trip.



Immediately upon returning to the bay area I set to work on this piece for Alyssa Nassner's Ten Paces & Draw blog, in which artists make sketches based on a theme (this week was Harry Potter), then swap to finalize another artist's piece. Here is my version of Gaelyn Woltz's original sketch, showing the Fat Lady painting that guards Harry's dorm room. I think most people, myself included, always imagined the Fat Lady painting to be a very classicized Roccoco sort of image, but I thought it'd be fun to see a more "20th century" Hogwarts.



Below is my sketch for the project, which was also re-interpreted by Gaelyn.



See the rest of the swaps over at Ten Paces : http://ten-paces.blogspot.com

In other news - I just revamped my website, adding new sections, adding some new work, removing some old work, etc. Check it out over at http://www.nivbavarsky.com

Thanks internet!
Love,
Niv

THURFWENSDAY

Collaboration with my buddy Cam Floyd

GOLEM

WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN

Study from the 1953 film "Entotsu no mieru basho" (Where Chimneys are Seen) by Heinosuke Gosho

BACKYARD DRAWING