Final Drawing

This was my last drawing. There were a few different choices for the assignment. I chose the one where we could draw absolutely anything but we had to do it very very well.
I am happy with it and it was well received by the class and teacher.

Drawing with Paint

In drawing class this week we were experimenting with drawing with paint. I spent the whole time asking myself every step of the way whether I was drawing or painting. I think I tended more toward painting. It is difficult to use paint in such a different way.

I am really happy with the way it turned out, though.

Lily Pond

This week's assignment was to take two drawings of models that we did in class and put them together in a new environment.

The only part of this that I am really happy with is the feather in the corner.

From Memory

In our first drawing class we had to do a drawing from memory or imagination. The perspective in this isn't great but I feel it captures the spirit of the place even if it is rather more spartan than in reality.

Web of Bags

This is from drawing class a few weeks ago.

Hanging Chairs

Our drawing teacher likes to create unusual setups for us to draw.

The Slicing Method

This is a method that our drawing teacher introduced. You use your tool on it's side and draw using only straight lines applied in a cutting motion. I am not pleased with what I made in class but the method is interesting and I might experiment with it more.

Large Scale

In drawing class yesterday we got to work very large. Our teacher papered a huge wall and we set to work. We were using the 6 small drawings we did earlier (posted here) as reference. We each picked one of our own to render large and then we were given someone else's drawings to chose our second piece from.

The apple is mine.

And the pocket knife that is hiding behind the chairs.

Because the paper was taped onto plexiglass panels, you could see the drawings, backlit, in the classrooms behind.

Of course the moment we were finished we had to tear them down but it was a fun process.

Drawing project part 2

This is the second part of the three part drawing project for which I did the drawing of Taio on the pig. In class we all switched drawings so that we were were working on the second part of someone else's work. We were allowed to use a different style than they had but it had to transition smoothly.

Old Drawings

Here are the drawings, as promised.

This first one is from before christmas. The assignment was to draw hands and feet so I spelt my name in sign language, and drew my feet.

These other three are from figure drawing this semester.

The Steed

It's fun making a ground. Messy, though.

This is part one of a three part assignment.

(drawn from a photo of Taio at Pike Place Market in Seattle)

6 Drawings

Six drawings of small objects for drawing class. Some better than others.

Textured Shoes

This assignment was to draw a pile of at least five shoes and render the surface of each shoe as a different texture using either real life textures or photographs as reference. I am proud of my honeycomb cowboy boot.

Camera Drawings

This assignment was to do a series of drawings of an object that meant something to you. The first drawing was supposed to be the most literal and the last more expressive. I am on the fence about whether they work for me.

Guitar Drawings

For my drawing class I had to draw the same thing three times for different intervals of time.

15 mins

45 mins

This was supposed to be four hours but I only managed to spend 2 and a half.

It is not quite finished here, I ended up doing a bit more to the background.

Mast and Sails

For this weeks drawing class we went to the Maritime Museum. I wanted to draw the boats but we were supposed to be doing perspective drawings of the building.

The term is so close to being over. I am excited to be coming home so soon but I also wish I had more time to finish all the projects still left to do. We only have two more photo classes and I'm not even half way finished my final project. Mind you, some people haven't even started so I guess I'm doing okay. I hope to get it near completion this weekend. We'll see.

Drawings and a Print

This is from our life drawing session. I think we get to do it a couple more times this semester.

An in class self-portrait. A bit wonky but at least it looks like me. I'm working on another one as a home assignment right now.

This was for our Paint/Print class. The teacher supplied the photos to work from and we had to first make a pencil portrait and then one with stamping. I was really frustrated and annoyed that we had to do this and I left it to the last minute the night before. So I ended up doing both of them in an hour and a half. The funny thing is, I'm actually pretty happy with them.

The Nine Hour Drawing

Drawing 1

We had our midterm interviews in drawing class so I brought home all the drawings I have done so far. I had a request that I put them on here. These aren't all of them but these are my favorites.
Sorry they are too big to scan so it's back to taking pictures of them.

We started with contour line drawings.

Here we were sticking with contour lines but working on accuracy in proportions.

This class was about perspective and vanishing points.

Finally we started tonal drawings. First we did an egg but I think that is in my locker so I can't post it.

We spent a whole class drawing mushrooms.

Last class was about hatching and cross hatching. This was my first time using a bamboo pen and ink.

These are all in class drawings. I haven't been to proud of my home assignments. I will post a photo of my latest one when it's finished. It had better be good after I put nine hours of my life into it.