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| Friday, February 27, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (charcoal on newsprint) I'm really enjoying the way these portraits are turning out. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (charcoal on newsprint) This started out as a normal portrait but then I had to go back recreate him as a machine or robot. | |||||
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| Thursday, February 26, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (acrylic on canvasette) ...it must be good art. This is a self-portrait in the style of Egon Schiele (1890-1918), an Expressionist painter. (click here to see the painting I based this one on.) I think I captured his style pretty well. I like the way he draws out his design first and uses the paint to color his drawing... Sorry I couldn't make it more flattering mom. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (acrylic on paper) I hate this painting... somewhere between its conception and 5:00 in the morning the day it was due, it became my worst enemy. It went wrong somewhere along the way and I just couldn't save it... oh well, I guess when I take a step back and look at it, its not all that bad. There are some good parts… I like the portion from his tie to his right shoulder...maybe I can use that technique in my next painting. I wasn't even going to post this one but I've had some trouble with my digi cam so this is all I have on file right now. The assignment was to find a photo, make a portrait and add another element to the image. I wanted this guy to be in front of strip clubs with the neon signs reflecting in his glasses and lighting his face. (I don't know, I guess he just looked he had a secret perverted side to him... somewhere behind that starched shirt and pressed tie is a guy who likes strip clubs... you can just feel it... ha ha.. I hope this isn't a photo of somebody's grandpa or something.)I spent so much time on his face I didn't have time for the details... oh well... (click here to see the original photo I found at Urban Ore) | |||||
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| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (charcoal on newsprint) Another 20 minute drawing from the model. This time we divided the page vertically. I don't know if it comes across on the web but I think this is one of the best figure drawings I've done. Because of the weird cropping I think I was able to let go of what I thought the body should look like and just laid down the shadows and let the medium do what it does. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (charcoal on newsprint) 20 minute drawing from the model. We had to split up the page horizontally. I think there are some good things going on in this one. I like the head section in the top row, and the elbow and back section on the second to the bottom row. (I know it's a little hard to identify the body parts in these drawings but I'm more happy with the way I applied the charcoal than the exactness of the rendering. We had to choose a word to add to the drawing... I thought "DISFUNCTIONAL" described this one pretty well. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (acrylic on canvasette) Sometimes you just have to give up and let a painting go. I couldn't figure out what to do with this one Even though I don't like the final product I learn a little bit each with each attempt, so I can't be too discouraged. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (Illustrator) This assignment was to duplicate a candy wrapper with Illustrator and then replace the name with a different word. (Making sure the font and design matched the original wrapper.) I thought this came out pretty good and it makes me chuckle. | |||||
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| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (charcoal on newsprint) This is a quick drawing from the model. I still have a lot to learn, but I'm happy with some of the facial features. | |||||
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| Saturday, February 07, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (acrylic on canvasette) It's the first assignment from my painting class that I like well enough to show to anyone... This was a still life set up by my instructor. There were lots of things on the table but I couldn't resist the child’s toy box with the eggplants for eyes. Our pallet was limited to red blue yellow and white. I'm pretty happy with the way this came out. I wouldn't call myself a painter yet but I feel like I'm learning some things. I especially like the reflections on the eggplants. You can see I picked up some techniques from the painting in the last post. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (acrylic on Bristol board) This is a continuation of the still life project from the Thu Jan 29, 12:39:10 AM post. I just took an element from that drawing and made a color image. This was my first time playing around with color washes. I'm pretty happy with the results... especially the highlights on the hind end. | |||||
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click image to view at full size (Flash) Here are the magnets that I mentioned in the last post. I made these for my family for Christmas. (I actually ripped off the idea from Derek Kirk Kim) These are supposed to resemble my brothers and me. Paul owns a web production company and is also a yoga instructor. Phil does tech support for an electronic entry company and is getting into acting. And I...well I'm the artist. I like Paul's magnet the best. Phil's is good to, but mine got overworked and didn't end up looking much like me... oh well. | |||||
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| Friday, February 06, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (Illustrator) I had to take a page from my sketchbook and recreate it in Illustrator as a new art piece. These were some concept sketches for some refrigerator magnets I made for my family this Christmas... (I meant to post those on the site... I'll try to get them up later on today.) Anyway... I traced them into Illustrator and applied colors and transparency filters to them. I like the faceless guy at his keyboard imagining all the faces of my brothers and me. I guess it kind of represents my creative process while making the magnets... except I can't really get my feet over my shoulders... | |||||
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| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 | |||||
click image to view at full size (Charcoal on Newsprint) My plan was to be really bold with my marks... to really drive in some dark shades... but when the instructor set up the lights... the shadows were really soft ... I couldn't force myself to make it harsh. I just found myself blending down all my dark lines. I'm pretty happy with the way the translucent cloth on the chair turned out… and the hair. The rest... well... eh ... | |||||
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click image to view at full size (Illustrator) The assignment was to choose an image from the New York Times and recreate it in Illustrator using only four colors and four shapes. The areas where it looks like separate shapes (the black bits) are actually holes cut in the shapes above them to let the color show through. | |||||
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