Thursday, December 11, 2008
Final Head and Hair Study
A charcoal drawing from my Heads and Hands class focusing on lighting and rendering hair. Done from a manikin head. She's not the cutest little girl, but that was what I had in front of me....so there you go.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Animal Drawings
Friday, December 5, 2008
India
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Book Spread
My last spread!...actually, in the book, it's the second, but it's the last one for my class! This one came out better than I expected, so I'm pretty happy about it. There are still some things to adjust and then I have to finalize the rest of my sketches for the book and put them all together in a dummy. It's FINALLY coming down to the end...this has been a LONG process, but VERY fun. I'm excited to get it sent out and get started on my next story!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Another Peek at the Book
Friday, November 7, 2008
Peeking at the Squirrel
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Expressions
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Fishy
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Another Lighthouse
Friday, September 26, 2008
Lighthouse
I'm still in the beginning stages of illustrating my book, but I'm starting to play with color schemes and figuring out the feel I'm looking for. Here's an environment and color study on illustration board, covered with a colored gesso with some tooth, and done in colored pencil. I'm not sure what I think about it yet. I'll have to play with it some more.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Business Card Design
I just finished a business card design for a friend. Somehow I've been doing a lot of graphic design projects this summer and very little drawing....which isn't necessarily the best thing. I should spend the rest of the summer drawing so I'm not rusty when I start the new semester! August is going to be a busy month!!
(I took out some information from his contact info, so if you are actually interested in guitar lessons, let me know and I'll pass on the message!)
(I took out some information from his contact info, so if you are actually interested in guitar lessons, let me know and I'll pass on the message!)
Monday, July 14, 2008
Painting With Grandma
Recently I had the chance to go painting with my grandma for the first time. Above is the quick painting I did while I was with her. My grandma has produced many beautiful paintings in her life. She used to take classes and go paint landscapes with her friends quite often. She has a beautiful style that, in some strange way, resembles my grandma's gentle, quite, yet strong nature. Sadly, she has not painted in years....many, many years. Just recently my grandpa passed away leaving my grandma feeling lonely after over 50 years of marriage. I can't imagine losing that kind of love and support after having it for so long. During my family's latest visit to see her I brought my paints and some canvases so we could paint together to, hopefully, cheer her up a little and encourage her to start painting again. We went to the park/beach in Idaho and let the scenery inspire us. What a memorable moment for me to paint with my grandma; seeing her at work, asking her questions, observing her techniques, and even sharing some things that I have learned so far in my art career.
I hope my grandma remembers how much she loves painting.
I hope she has been inspired to paint more on her own.
I hope I remember that day forever.
I hope I get to paint with her again.
But I hope, most of all, she felt some happiness that day.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
SILA Website is Ready!
So, A LONG time ago I mentioned that I had a drawing accepted to be on the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles' website. Well, it's FINALLY up for all to see! Check it out! SILA Website. I'm pretty impressed with some of the artworks this year. I haven't been that enthusiastic about past years, but I think there are a lot of good ones this year! The deadline for the Illustrator West 47 is coming up and I think I will take my chances again this year and enter one or two things. We'll see how it goes.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Final Figure Painting
My final figure painting for my summer class. I did so many self portraits that I just couldn't paint my face for the last project. So I did everything BUT that. This class went by really fast...but at the same time not fast enough. I learned a lot of techniques and strategies that I will able to use for future painting and drawing. So overall, I found my class a good use of my time! (thankfully)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Figure Painting
One of my more sucessful figure paintings from class....but certainly not the best. Getting the colors right is hard! Nevertheless, I am proud of this one. (sorry for the glare)
Monday, June 23, 2008
Little Flower
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Hope
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Red Car
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Brea Art Gallery
Some exciting news came in the mail today! One of my drawings was accepted to hang in the Brea Art Gallery! The show is called Made In California, anyone in California could enter, and my drawing COULD be sold! The show will run from June 1st-June 27th with an opening reception and award ceremony on May 31st. Come and see the show if you get a chance! I will probably send out a reminder when the show starts.
Here's the selected drawing:
Here's the selected drawing:
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Old Figure Study
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Figure Study Sketches
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
"Made In California"
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Character Design
Monday, March 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Still Life
A still life drawing for my Descriptive Drawing class. The quality of this picture is horrible, I apologize, I tried to adjust in Photoshop but that's as good as I could get it, but you get the idea. This is one of those drawings that definitely looks better in real life! I should probably re-shoot the drawing.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Doodle
CSUF Alumni Art Show
I just got back from the Grand Central Art Center to see a great show by some successful CSUF Alumni. What a great show! Somehow it just makes it so much more interesting and exciting to know that at one time these people were exactly where I am now as a student, and now they are doing their dream job and doing it well! It gives me alittle more hope and determination for my own goals and a lot more faith in my school and education. (Not that I didn't have any faith in it before!) So now that I am inspired and motivated, I will happily go work on some homework and dream of what I want to do with my abilities and imagine where I could end up in a few years down this road called life!
Go see the show!
Go see the show!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Bear Den (MORE Complete)
Friday, February 22, 2008
Self-Portrait
Monday, February 18, 2008
Bear Den (Complete)
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Bear Den (In Progress)
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Environment Sketch 2
Thursday, January 31, 2008
The Famous Apple
What is it with teachers and apples? I think they are just obsessed. As a child we are to give them apples. Now in college, that's all they have us draw! Sheesh! Anyway, it's still fun! This is my first attempt at using Painter. It is very overwhelming with all the brushes to pick from, but it will just take some time to figure out which I like and don't like.
Here's one with some mood! I promise you, there will be more to come...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Environment Sketch
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Paper Bag
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Owls
Monday, January 14, 2008
Another Caricature
Monday, January 7, 2008
To Come...
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