Figure Drawings

All of these drawing were from Advanced Drawing last semester. They are mostly on newsprint done in graphite.

I did this piece in my Illustration 2 class during Fall semester. I had a lot of fun doing this piece because it was our first fully clothed figure in this class and I loved painting this purple kimono. I painted this in oil on canvas.

Civil War Portrait

So I have finally added some more work from last semester and there is more coming. This was an in-class assignment for Illustration 2. I had a lot of fun on this project because we were allowed to crop the figure and focus on the face. I played with the color in the face with the yellows and reds. I am thinking about submitting this piece to the Society of Illustrators competition this Friday.

Here is an outside project I worked on for my mom. I painted her favorite kind of rose and gave it to her for Christmas. I did my underpainting in acrylic and then finished it with oil paints.

Still life of cup and candle

This is the 2nd still life I did in class this year. It is done in oil on canvas. I really like some of the details in this piece. The object to the left is the bottom of an interesting lamp.

Rustic still life

Here is the 3rd still life I did in class this semester. I haven't posted the second one yet, but that will happen soon. I still need to work on it, so consider this the before picture. I painted this in oil on a canvas panel. It is a random compilation of object my class set up, but they work well together. I had the hardest time with the goblet with painting a correct eclipse in perspective. Despite the difficulty, I really enjoyed painting the bottle. Since I have started art, I have been doing better at them.

3 bottles and a bust

Here is my first still life of the semester. It is done with oil paint on canvas. I spent about 3 class periods on it and I learned a lot about how to make a composition as well as how to paint glass. It is more difficult than it should be.