From the archives - 7

More sketches from another sketchbook of mine from the 80s (I think).  This one had sketches on human anatomy.  Here are a few sample sketches.

From the archives - 6

Whenever I found a good sketchbook, I would make meticulous notes.  Here is one example of the study of drawing a female face. 

Can't believe I had so much patience (and time)!

From the archives - 5

War planes from the Commando comic series:

Ships and Submarines:

From the archives - 4

Another collection of sketches from the Commando series.

Details:

From the archives - 3

Continuation of my Commando sketch series.  This is a sketch of various shooting positions.

From the archives - 2

I love Commando and other war comic books.  I loved the stories as well as the beautiful drawings.  I used to sit and copy the drawings to learn the techniques.  This is a series of sketches I made using a fountain pen.

From the archives

During my recent visit to India, I dug up a few of my old sketch books.  Here are some of the sketches I had made 20+ years ago.

A quick pastel study:

Another quick graphite sketch:

More to come....