Damn Polaroids...

Here's my final piece for Dynamic Sketching I.  Designed a series of ambush predators who hide amongst the orchids.  I am not completely happy with the finished product.  I feel like I tightened up early and it constrained my drawing. 

Overall, very pleased with the course.  Even after drawing for years, I'm just now starting to feel the confidence that I can fix any mistakes that I may make during the process.  Next term will be a continuation of these techniques and will feature extensive drawing from life.  I've got all my field trips planned out and am grateful to live in a city with such a wealth of museums to visit for my artistic purposes. 



My kind of plants...

At least these won't die because I water them too little (or too much).

Went to the Crystal Bridge to do some drawing from life.  It was a fairly enjoyable experience, especially with the techniques I've picked up this term.  Amusingly enough, the kids were very respectful and the irritation was brought on by the old woman who loudly asked, "are you drawing that flower???"

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Fill in your own joke answer.

These were sketched and labeled on-site, cleaned up later, then digitally colored as a final step.  I'm pretty pleased with how a few of these pages turned out.  Makes me more excited for Sketching 2, which is almost exclusively going on field trips. 

 

What the heck, here are last week's plant drawings from reference photos/videos.

 

 

Finally sketching dynamically...

So this semester is going well.  Somewhat easier than Perspective since I don't have to measure everything out!  Here are some highlights of the last few weeks.

 

 

Weekend Thumbs

Finished homework AND spent about four hours coming up with a page of thumbnail paintings for my personal use.  These are the best of that work.

When my ship comes in...

Feels good to paint again.  Spent the evening making custom brushes (thanks, Alex Ruiz!) and about two hours painting this.  Looking forward to doing some more in the next week before class starts.

Also needed to take a break from reading. I've downed 9 books in the last 28 days.  I think that's medal-worthy or something.

 

Laughing matter.

Some dynamic sketching before the weekend.  My first on my new toned paper.

Workshop work

So I've finished my Intro to Perspective class and have nothing but praise for my instructor, Derek Kosol.  He took a very dry and technical subject and enhanced it with great tips and teachings on design, composition and story, story, story.  I have more gratitude for what I learned in that class than I think he will ever know.  A fantastic start to my CGMA education.

In my intermission I've taken a pair of their workshops to keep up my arting.  I'm so excited for Dynamic Sketching I next term that one of my workshops is Dynamic Sketching with Peter Han.  I'm really pleased with the quick return on my investment in my art education.  Below are a pair of sketches that I started from life at the OKC Zoo and finished this week using the techniques I've just learned (which will only be improved after taking the full class).  Enjoy!