Thursday, December 16, 2010

Today was the last day of my intermediate figure drawing class, here are a few of the drawings I did throughout the semester. The first time I used the linear shading technique was in this class.
3hr
charcoal on drawing paper

5hrs
charcoal & white pastel on toned pastel paper
self portrait
charcoal & white pastel on toned pastel paper.

Monday, December 6, 2010

the last voyage

perspective class
getting familiar w/fisheye perspective.
hand drawn & inked w/illustrator .

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Figure




our class was recently introduced to toned paper.
never tried it till now.
pencil charcoal & wht pastel on pastel toned paper 4hrs

Friday, September 24, 2010

school work


14x11
micro pigment & gray scale markers
perspective class







charcoal on 18x24
20 mins
figure drawing class

Monday, September 6, 2010

1st workshop



top three were done in 20 min

15 min each
charcoal on 18x24

this was from my 1st workshop with school.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Buck

Just got two great brushes & had to test them out. I used a W&N #3 Kolinsky on the buck then colored him digitally. The other brush is from Spain, Escoda #2 Tajmir 1212. I read up on the Escoda in Matt's Blog, some great reading here.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Ohh, so thirsty



I sketched her out with a blue pencil then inked her with a brush, scanned in & finally colored her digitally. Tried line hold for the first time on this illustration.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

white rays

She was sketched with a blue pencil then digitally colored. This is a brush I can see myself using frequently in photoshop.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Bike

This was a quick exercise using brush ink & photoshop ,of course. Thanks to The Sartorialist.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Hand On head

inked with a brush then colored digitally. Experimenting, not sure what to think of this.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Happy Birthday Max!

2ndson
I inked him with a brush then colored him in photoshop.
NINJA DANCE ASSASSIN!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Notebook Covers



These are three illustrations from a collection of eight. They are note book covers for Office Depot. I created them using photoshop & illustrator.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

The Sartorialist




Both of these illustrations are inspired by The Sartorialist ,
he has a magnificent eye. The top illustration was inked with a brush then colored in photoshop & the bottom one was done using ink & wash with a brush.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Ink

My attempt at inking with a brush. This is something that I will practice more often.