I've been working on this friggin' drawing for a few months off and on. It's 24"x18" graphite on mounted paper. I haven't drawn solo Sammy Hagar in a while.
Gotta say...I kinda hate drawing hair. And guitars. And hands. At least there's no guitar in this one.
I've been drawing and painting tributes to Van Halen since Eddie Van Halen died in 2020. I'm focusing on the Sammy Hagar years, as that's the era I got into music and am obsessed with Sammy Hagar because of it.
This is the most recent, which I finished today (I think it's done). This is a 36"x24" charcoal drawing based on Van Halen's -fated reunion tour with Sammy Hagar in 2004. I've posted videos and photos of the progress on my TikTok and Instagram, but this is the ONLY place I'm posting the finished product, at least for now.
Let me know what you think, and maybe share with people who might appreciate it.
Happy New Year.
This past weekend was the Motor City Comic Con Fall show (it's usually only in May), and I decided at the last minute I was going to go. I wanted to go because Alice Cooper was there and I am a fan. I did a couple drawings for him, one of him and his wife, and the one seen here. I didn't get a pic of the charcoal drawing of him and his wife. I also didn't get a photo with him because it cost more money than I had for a photo with him. I did get to chat with him and that was great. AND...he LOVED the Popeye drawing! He LOL'd out loud, as did his associate, and kept complimenting it!
After Eddie Van Halen died, I started drawing and painting portraits of Van Halen again for the first time since 1996. This is one of those paintings. Oil on canvas. ALMOST done.
