No, I'm not dead!

It's been a long winter break, or maybe it just seemed that way without art projects ruling my life!
Well School is back in session so you'll be seeing a post on here at least every couple of days, or every other day if I can help it!  Here's some stuff I've been fiddling with over the time off...

"what's this?? You're re-posting?" No, this is another go at my Hitler rabbit buddy.  I consider the last one to be my rough draft. 

the last one.... meh

I'm being much more careful and precise with this one.  It's my first 'big piece' to be done with pen and ink instead of just...pens, so it's a super delicate process.

 I've been working on this too, you probably can't tell an immediate difference, but it has changed a bit.

"hiss! Bloood"

 Practicing the technique I used for the image before this one.  It's fun but takes a long time, building up layers and whatnot.  

Looking forward to future art ventures!

#74 Looking at things differently... or at least in different color schemes

natural color

simultaneous contrast

grisaille

color and line

texture

mixed media yeah!      

#73 Small update

This was actually really fun...need someone else to volunteer their pretty face!

Not completed...can you tell I am afraid of colored pencils?

#67 Planes!

Planes studies and whatnot.  I'll bring bigger paper next time so I can get actual detail!

finshed!

Finished Dionysian oil painting on canvas 36x26 

 EDIT- I went back and took a couple decent pics of it, the two first pics in this post.

(Hm.. taking pictures of paintings is painful. The only way to really see a painting is in person.)

And here's the colored pencil drawing I started in class, only using blue,orange, and a little black colored pencil

Colored pencil is for crazies

When you think of colored pencil, you think of childhood, right? Coloring books...scribbling with heavy colorful, beautiful marks.
NO.
"Real" colored pencil drawings are a bitch.  The only way to describe it.  Only the mentally insane would attempt a full size, fully rendered colored pencil drawing.  There's so much carefully coloring smooth, light layers of colors everywhere, it's ridiculous... although, I have to admit, it turns out looking pretty badass if done correctly.

Examples of amazingly done colored peices done this way:

http://www.cecilebairdart.com/gallery/15909/Colored+Pencil/

Just...what the hell.

Here's the one I did in figure drawing class

This is a wip, I have next class to arduously darken it.
I was only supposed to use 2 colors, blue and bright orange.  So why doesn't it look that blue or orange?  The idea is to blend the two colors perfectly in infinate layers to create darkness in hue.  (ie, blue and orange are complimentary colors, so mix them and it will theoretically create the perfect grey.
In this case, we were supposed to make very dark hues by only doing this process of alternating light colors in layers. layer after layer until it develops into a black hole

Haha yeah

btw here are some gestures for the hell of it.

Done in pastel pencil



My drawing teacher wants about seven or so drawing pieces to get into the student art show... which means I have to take a million hours to matt them not to mention buying massive amounts of mount board. -sigh- Ah well I have contest money to spend at the school store, anyway ;)

Drawinggg

Here is some stuff from my drawing class:

-1 Hour-  This one was done my second week of class.  I can't help it, I love contours! This is done in graphite, hb I think. 

-1/2 Hour-  Colored pencil time. I think the changing thickness of the lines really helps establish a light source, thanks Boryana.  I didn't take the time to measure out every single angle and line length (unlike the above hour long session!), but it still looks convincing.

-1/2 Hour-  Good ol' Bob! He's a great model I haven't drawn in a while.  I can't help but think of Boogie Nights with this pose haha

-1/2 Hour-  Pretty big drawing, it's 18x24.  My teacher really liked this one, she said I am seriously, David Hockney.  Is it sad that I had to look him up (she thought it was)? XD Holy crap- I WISH, but damn I appreciate the compliment!

omnom-  David Hockney's website

....also click on this.
                         (I'm sorry.)