Light Drawing

I drew this as an assignment for a class. The  assignment was to capture light in a drawing. On the day of the critique, everyone else had drawings of objects dripping in sunshine with very little graphite used. Mine, as you can see, was of a dark room and used a lot of graphite. It was a nightmare trying to wash all of it off of my hands, face and clothes. I realized quickly that my drawing found light through shadow, instead of capturing literal light.

This was put in the Spring 2010 student art show. Graphite. 23" x 18"

My Mom and Me

This is a portrait of my Mom and me that I drew from a picture taken when I was probably 6. She likes this one a lot and says it's the next to be framed.

 

Graphite and colored pencil. 10" x 8"

Hanging Flowers

I drew this in one of the gardens at my community college. It was one of the first  days of spring, and while drawing, I got my first sunburn of the year. It's the only time that I've tanned and got something that lasted. 

 

Graphite, 18" x  24"

Photocopy Portrait

To make this, the class was instructed to lay themselves on a photocopier, press "Copy" and then duplicate it on a larger scale. On the copy paper, I looked like a witch and my nose was all squished and it was just scary. Needless to say, I took a few much needed artistic liberties with this one.

PS- I framed this one for Mother's day, as well. She is still talking about it.
Charcoal and white chalk. 24" x 28"

Orchids

One of my newer drawings. A nice still-life. In real life, the purple has much more red in it. This was my first attempt with chalk pastel, and I really liked it. Well, besides for the huge mess it made... especially with all that purple.

Chalk pastel. 22" x 19"

Skeleton

This is one of my personal favorites. It took me forever, but I really like how he turned out. Charcoal. 24" x 18"

The Gorilla

The first drawing post! I took this to a framer (or one who frames pictures?) so I could give a nice gift for Mother's Day. It worked! Momma thought it was really nice, but the framer complained that his eyes were following her around the shop all day...

Oil Pastel. 20" x 18"