Spoken upon long distance melody

Maybe in five or ten yours and mine will meet again
Straighten this whole thing out
Maybe then honesty need not be feared as a friend or an enemy
This is the distance

-The Fray "Vienna"

Mad Season

I've been changin' - I think it's funny how no one knows
We don't talk about the little things that we do without
When that whole mad season comes around...
Matchbox 20 - Mad Season

Rain King

Why am I so alone? I can't go outside
I'm scared I might not make it home
I'm alive, I'm alive but I'm sinking in
[...]
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Henderson is waiting for the sun
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
After all the dreaming I come home again...

Counting Crows - Rain King

The girl with the broken smile

Know all of the things that make you who you are
Maroon 5 - She will be loved

Elizabeth Bennet

"This is not fair. You wish to think all the world respectable, and
are hurt if I speak ill of anybody. I only want to think you perfect,
and you set yourself against it. Do not be afraid of my running into any excess,
of my encroaching on your privilege of universal good-will. You need
not. There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I
think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with
it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human
characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of
merit or sense." (Ch. 24) Pride & Prejudice

My first attempt with Charcoal & Pastels. 30 mins.

Elinor

I've trying to make portraits just in ink, with no previous pencil/charcoal sketch work.
So far this one took 20 mins with a fine & ultra fine sharpie.

Inspired by Elinor from Sense & Sensibility...

Who do you see looking back?

Take a look at yourself in a mirror who do you see looking back?
Is it the person you want to be?
Or is there someone else you were meant to be the
person you were meant to be but fell short of?
Is someone telling you you can’t or won’t? Because you can.
Believe that love is out there.
Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.
Sometimes happiness doesn’t come from money or fame or power.
Sometimes happiness comes from good friends
and family and the quiet nobility of leading a good life.
Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.
So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy
because you deserve to be. Believe that.
And believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.

From: One Tree Hill

Evan Rachel Wood

Yes...no more Stereophonics rush now its a little bit of an Across the Universe rush...and since I posted a video with the last one here is "If I fell".

Something...

Jim Sturgess- Charcoal 1.5 hrs

♬...stick around, and it may show...But I don't know...♬

I just love this part of the movie :P

Let go...

close and far
the details magnified
we lost sight of the bigger picture

happy sad
sometimes good things happen to us
disguising themselves as bad

remember the best
forgive and forget the rest

The Postmarks - Let go

Sign on the window

Sign on the window says "Lonely,"
Sign on the door said "No Company Allowed,"
Sign on the street says "Y' Don't Own Me,"
Sign on the porch says "Three's A Crowd,"

Bob Dylan - Sign on the Window

A Comet Appears

The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went away, he waited his entire life for it to come back to him. It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to his life: direction, beauty, meaning.
There are many who couldn’t understand, and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours, he knew in his heart that someday it would return to him, and his world would be whole again… And his belief in God and love and art would be re-awakened in his heart.

One Tree Hill

Last night I saw the season finale from One Tree Hill's season 6. Yet, one of my favorite quotes (meaning the one you can read above this) comes from the episode Hundred.

Ps. The title is from a song by The Shins - A Comet Appears

Wicked Smile?

♫...a pretty girl with a wicked smile on.. ♫
Matchbox Twenty - You are so real

I've been doodling around with charcoal and different styles, this is an example.

In the Absence of Sun

I don't want to look away.

Duncan Sheik - In the Absence of Sun

Do I have something to worry about?

quick one...15 mins, charcoal.

Do I have something to worry about?
He replied: No.
In the end, turns out he was right...just not as he intended.
At least one thing was true

I've been reading lots of Twitter Twister Stories, which are twitter stories made of the exact 140 characters, and those inspired this post. Maybe I'll try to illustrate more later.

As Time Goes By

Yes...this is the second time I've done this particular scene...wow I've just realized first time I did it was on 2006. Well, as the song says...as time goes by.

ps. in case you were wondering its a scene from Casablanca

Milo

Milo Ventimiglia

Chad Michael Murray

Yet another One Tree Hill sketch...yet another face study... but with brand new charcoals :)

Pride and Prejudice

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."

Elizabeth Bennet to Mr. Darcy from Pride & Prejudice

Blame it on the black star

What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?

Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home

Radiohead - Black Star

I know it kind of looks like a flowerish star, but its just 'cause its *that* special haha