Break on through to the other side! We chased our pleasures here, dug our treasures there.  But can you still recall, the time we cried?

Jim Morrison’s elusive behavior through out the late sixties defined his persona.  Man of mystery, enchanting and mesmerizing.   The moment his lips touched the microphone’s and the music came from the depths of his tortured soul, the audience was captivated and could not get enough of the creature they demeaned “adonis”

Truly a magnificent looking man, Jim’s ungovernable behavior through out his entire career seemed to only add to that mystic.   Appearing to be catatonic like often times on stage, Jim’s energy drew any crowd into his very own ritualistic ceremonies.

In my opinion one of the best live performances of The Doors is Live In Pittsburgh 1970 - as many of my readers know, I am a huge Stevie Ray Vaughan Fan, and one of my favorites of Stevie’s is Close to You off The Sky is Crying (Willie Dixon) - The Doors - Ray Manzarek sings this song on this 2 CD Set as well, and it just kick’s bootie!

This is one of my first sketches of Jim that I ever did, the original is now in the hands of a very nice young man Patrick that I work with.  He takes care of all my shipping needs! Done in woodless graphite, and using a light smudging technique, I didn’t go over board with the blending, because I wanted it to be a little more crisp.

The chin on this pencil sketch has given me fits all day, so I say to Jim..

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes…again

It really will not be the ending, but I did want to share my mistake piece with my followers.. somehow, Jim got a double chin.. and that is not a good thing.  

This is not the Adonis that I wanted to create, its more like Jim Belushi after too many Bears games, oh yeah..we don’t have to worry about that, cuz the bears stunk this year.  Back to Mr. Mojo Risin’ - The majority of work that I did on this piece was truly a very light layer of charcoal, and then I blended and blended, and I blended the poor bloak a double chin.

Stay tuned, he will come to life! I will also post the photo of which I took this drawing from!

“We want the world and we want it now! ” One of the best one liner’s that came out of the rock era thus far.
IMO - From When the Music’s Over. Throw that song on in a dark room with incense burning.

Jim Morrison enchanted and mesmerized the late 1960’s with his lyrics and his Adonis persona.  Listening to Jim Morrison and The Doors instantly brings me back to my days in  high school, with the romantic and eerie organ that would hang in the background of Jim’s vocals, you could be transported any where your imagination could take you.  Or was that the extra substance that was sprinkled on the brownies.. none the less.

I started this pencil sketch of Jim and magnified it to 24 x 18-I bought a new toy.  The Tracer, it will magnify images up to 14 times their original size.  Rock on there, I see a few murals in my house in my future.

Going back to a basic number 2 pencil the outline and the shading have been smudged and blended.  Adding depth to the deep pockets of Jim’s eyes, I have used General’s Pastel Chalk - 4481 Black.   I have not laid down alot of lead, or chalk yet at this point,  I have manipulated the outline and the darker parts of his facial features strongly with blending.