Life Drawing

Here are some of the drawings that came of last semester's life drawing class. The first two are graphite, the last one is charcoal.

This was a 2 day study for the final. 

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"