Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Figure Drawings
In no particular order, here are my favorite studies from my Intermediate Life Drawing course.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Everyone in the class was to spend a month adapting Lewis Carroll's masterpiece of literary nonsense with their own style.
Some chose to do a series of finished paintings, while most compiled what's referred to in the industry as a dummy book--16 pages of nearly complete pencil illustrations indicative of the final product. From there we selected one page or spread to take to a final piece.
I'd like to think the scene speaks as to which part of the story is being told. Oh, and just as an FYI, my version of the story occurs in space...
ink, acrylics
Some chose to do a series of finished paintings, while most compiled what's referred to in the industry as a dummy book--16 pages of nearly complete pencil illustrations indicative of the final product. From there we selected one page or spread to take to a final piece.
I'd like to think the scene speaks as to which part of the story is being told. Oh, and just as an FYI, my version of the story occurs in space...
ink, acrylicsTuesday, March 23, 2010
Line and Wash
The assignment was to present a unique take on the phrase or idea "what sort of things do we grow or keep in the secret garden of our heart?" Not sure where they got that one, but anyway...
This was done with ink and dipped brush followed with a series of washes. And yes, those are real razor blades (I'd been harvesting used x-acto knife blades for weeks in preparation for an opportunity where I could use them).
I think I'll call it pricked.
This was done with ink and dipped brush followed with a series of washes. And yes, those are real razor blades (I'd been harvesting used x-acto knife blades for weeks in preparation for an opportunity where I could use them).
I think I'll call it pricked.
acrylic ink, acrylic washSaturday, March 20, 2010
Abstract Word
We were given a list of words, and told to choose one to illustrate in an original way. My word originally started out as "invisible," and the image you see below was supposed to be a more subtle, intelligent way of describing that.
But when class critiques came around, most people took it to be the word "flat" (one of the other words we could have chosen to illustrate). As it turned out, the word fit my illustration much better, so I retroactively adopted it.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Visual Cliché
The word or cliché I chose was "Piggy Bank." The assignment was to either reinvent or redefine the cliché with an original piece. Hopefully, the new idea is communicated quickly and effectively enough to the viewer (this is where you try to get what I'm saying).
acrylic, hair (seriously)
acrylic, hair (seriously)
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