Sketches: Portraits.

Sketches: Figure Studies.

A few sketches from my Life Drawing class. We do multiple 3-, 5-, and 10-minute sketches of a model in similar poses. These sketches are from several different class periods to they are all quite diverse.

I just love this class. The constant practice and repetition is challenging: we are forced to continually reevaluate our attempts to draw accurately, all the while under the pressure of time constraints. While it's a fast-paced environment, I find it invigorating rather than stressful. Anyway, on to the artwork:

Classwork

A few recent projets from some design classes.

 

Project for Typography. 

Pen and ink on paper, scanned and touched up in Ps. 

 

Project for Computer Graphics.

Self-portrait in the style of Renoir. 

Photomanipulation.

 

Just for fun: second self-portrait, mimicking Munch's The Scream. 

Photomanipulation.

Sunset over Shrimp Farms

Watercolor, 10x14 in, 2010.

By the Lamp-post

The evenings are lovely right now.

Sneak Peek

Just a few work-in-progress shots taken with the good ole cell phone.

Major Catch-Up.

It's been eons since I've seen you, blog. Sorry about the long absence. Catching up to the present would require several posts, which was daunting, and putting it off just increased the intimidation factor. But at last I've got up the courage to start. ;)

So. let's start with the end of school; two months ago now, it was.

Final project of the semester: self-portrait.

The sequential images were so popular with the fall painting, so I thought I'd try it again.

begin: light wash coat and sketch on the canvas.

another coat: wipe out the highlights while it's still wet.

darken the shadow areas.

darken again.

and again.

fine-tune.

adding in color, waiting for face to dry.

ultramarine blue coat for skin tone base.

more color.

yellow ochre over the blue for more base build-up.

at last, actual skin color! eesh it looks ghastly here.

phantom?

that's better.

darken those shadows!

add in the details.

final product. :)

Studio shots.

I seriously love this art studio. And the people in it. We have a great department.

Just some ramblin' shots of other artists' stuff. :)

worship.

What do I know of you?

What do I know of unbound love,

Or favor without favors asked in return?

What do I know of un-jealousy?

I can’t identify or comprehend.

You are pure, whole, sufficient, overflowing

Just dying to share the fruit of yourself

While I reach, like a grubby-fingered child

For what I don’t deserve

And yet

You give it to me joyfully

And to others also—you don’t have favorites

Like we do. You love us all

And demand we do the same.

But you forgive us for failing in that, too.

In fact,

You overflow with second chances

And forgive over-faithfully.

Oh, joyful one. Happy unfairness!

Steadfast lover-savior,

What do I know of your unfathomed grace

And perfect justice fulfilled?

What do I know of holy you?

Finished Product.

As promised. Better-quality image of my latest work. And a few close-ups of the paint (because once I start taking photographs, I just have to play around a little bit).

Pseudonym Designs

Churned these out recently for a project I'm working on with some fellow Englishers. We each chose a pen name and decided to create little "seals" or logos to represent each person. I took the ideas of each person and drew them out. A few people actually did their own designs, but the ones I'm posting here were all drawn by me (with various levels of input from the people for whom they were created).

Can you guess which of these four is my personal logo?