Fall/Winter Sketchbook Entries

Sketchbook Entries:

Fox Skull with watercolor colored pencils.

Some guy at church in watercolor pencils, and art history notes.

New(er) Figure drawing

Figure drawing from a few weeks ago. Charcoal on distressed paper. 10" x 19".

Seated Figure

Seated figure. 2 session pose. Charcoal on paper.

Hand Drawing

Hand Drawing from a plaster cast. Charcoal on Paper 18" x 24"

Divisions of Land Made by Man.

Divisions of Land Made by Man. Mixed media on Board. Charcoal, Turpenoid, Gesso, Gesso washes, and Cardboard. 40" x 72"

Reductive Relief Print: Self Portrait

Self Portrait. Reductive Relief Print. 5" x 5"

Figure Drawing

30 minute figure drawing. Charcoal on Paper. 18" x 24"

Pixilation Project Design I fall 2010

Pixilation Project. Each square is 1/8th of an inch. Acrylic on Bristol Board.

Figure Drawing

Figure drawing 45 minute pose. Charcoal on paper 18" x 24".

Mixed media texture project Design I fall 2010

This series of pieces revolves around a narrative of restoration. Close friends of mine had a family member receive a heart transplant. Her story is beautiful for the pits of a darkness that had the be travelled to see the glory of the dawn, for the way a community rallied around a family to support and pray, and for the cost and value of life learned.

I began to work through concepts along the way of death to bring life, the passing of life from person to another, and the absurd concept of spare parts for human beings. There was also this notion lingering in the back of my mind that the heart, in addition to being a functioning blood pumping machine, within our western culture it is the seat for the soul. It is the place where love comes from. It functions as a symbol for love. So then, this center of a human being is passed to another human being.

This work was in response to those thought processes.

Mixed Media: Gel Transfers, india ink, charcoal, gesso, acrylic paint, wire and thread on hand made paper. Approximately 18" x 18" each.

This series is part of Vive Clothing Company's permanent collection. www.wearvive.com

Skull Sculpture

Skull sculpted from clay, fired.

Sketch Book studies

Here are a couple compositional/anatomical studies for a piece I am currently working on. Also included a page of art history notes.

Skeleton Sketch.

I drew with some friends to pass time between classes. It turned out there was a skeleton left out in the figure room. Graphite on Butcher Paper.

Tomato Drawing

This tomato drawing got cut a little short. Heat of the light started to wilt the surface of the already ripe tomato. I was going to try to do two sessions with it. Oh well.

Charcoal and Turpenoid on gessoed paper. 14 x 21.

Summer Sketch Book Entries

The 1,000

I began The 1,000 as an exploration of the process of entropy. Each drawing is a tracing of the previous tracing, and so the degradation propagates. The slight imperfections of the pen generated mutations on the form that then took life themselves and mutated further. As the image fell apart and the number on the bottom left corner continued to rise, I tried to force myself to be in love with each new image that was created. At times, I had myself convinced, but at some point it stopped being about the image and more about the number. I became a machine that only cared about quantity. The number 1,000 became the goal, and the volume validated the mindless, dispassionate, emotionless, and human-less process.

The volume validated the process.

Figure in Ink

Mixed India Inks (Brown, Black, and Red), Charcoal, and Conte on Paper. 18x24.

Megan Portrait

Portrait of my lovely wife. Charcoal and Turpenoid on handmade gessoed paper.

Figure: Gesture

I got a couple of really cool gesture drawings in figure class today. I'll take some better pictures of the other ones shortly.
I did a 30 minute portrait of Roderick on butcher paper.

Sketchbook

A couple of Sketchbook entries.

More Portraits

Portrait of model in class. Charcoal on Paper. (40 min.)
Portrait of Kody Klick. Charcoal, turpenoid, white media & gesso washes on hand made gessoed paper.

Rik Max Portrait

I came back to the Rik Max photo for another go. This time I used charcoal and turpenoid (a la Chris Day) on hand made gessoed paper.

grisaille Rik Maxedon

The under-painting for my portrait study. The great Rik Maxedon. 16x20 burnt umbre and burnt sienna grissaile.

Cast Drawing

The model no showed for class this week, so we drew from the casts. This study is black and white acrylic paint on butcher paper.

Seashell final: "Barnacle Landscape"

I wrapped up my seashell drawing today. I'm calling it "Barnacle Landscape."
Charcoal and white medium on stained paper. 22 x 30

More Figure Drawings

Here are a couple of figure drawings from this week.

Cow Skull Painting and Figure Drawing

The cow skull painting that I had in progress wasn't dry enough to work on today. I decided my time would be best spent doing another grisaille study.I also uploaded a little drawing I did in figure class today while Professor Shultis was doing a demo. I had a scrap piece of paper that I had tested some surface treatments on. It turned out to be a nice little drawing. Charcoal on ink stained paper.

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Seashell and Sketchbook entry

Here is my preliminary seashell study. (with barnacles) 18 x 24 Charcoal with white medium on toned paper.... and another entry in my sketchbook.

Sketchbook

I shot a couple pages of my sketchbook.