what a face

So my self portrait got into the student show! I am excited it turned out awesome! this saturday i did a face i was working of a high fashion picture but did not have time to do the strange details so i think i am going to work on it more but here it is . I love the mouth and the eyes

they are pretty interesting i am going to work on making the eyes more realistic.

Figure drawing with a nude model

 This was one of the hardest classes ever i was very discouraged in my ability to draw what i saw especially after looking around

 This happens to be what i think is a very bad rendition of what the women acutally looked like especially because she had no face

 once again her shape is distorted but i love her hair!

 This was my best representation of her.  the body is pretty accurate her face is just a little fat

i love the hair i did on her too I am getting pretty good with hair i am excited!

Three weeks of work and it is done

So i know that it has been a while since i have posted but i have been working on the same picture and it is finally done!

I was drawing this picture with pencil and what i put down in 2 weeks time wasnt barely enough to distinguish from the page so i went and ask for help and i was told to use charcol.

I took that suggestion and i covered what was in pencil with charcol and added in more detail it turned out amazing!!! here are the pictures

 this is when i first put the charcol down over my picture scary huh!!!

this is with some smoothing out

i added some white tones for the highlights

i erased the curl pattern in the hair out and darkened some areas to make the hair pop

this is the finish product and original picture

closeup

detail of the hair and my right eye

4 hours and all i have to show

So i am doing a gridded drawing of a photo and it took me about an hour and a half to do the grid and then to get the measurement right on the picture it has taken me a long time not to mention that i am trying to work on a more realistic image rather than the expressionist look so here is my progress during my 4 hours of class.

 It is turning out rather nicely though i am happy with the progress the hair has been a real challenge but soon there will be curls update soon i promise!

Gone for a little while

It always seems that i am doing so much and when i want to do a quick update my comp is on the fritz but here is what i have to show you

so as you may have already noticed I am really facinated  with eyes I did these for my cousin Gerald

 This is another unfinished grid picture that i am working on i definately bite off alot!

here is some progress on it!

 I will have more to show you later! Promise!

2 plates and no desert

I  have started a drawing in pencil but i was drawing with a 5H so that i could erase any mistakes this time i am attempting a more realistic image. So i apologize for the pictures being so light.

I have been drawing for 30 minutes a day and i am going to attempt to start 2 more images of which i hope to finish one to have to show you.

For now here is the original image from a very talented artist on ferenc.biz (http://ferenc.biz/photography/files/mua-images/Deborah-Lake-Clean-Beauty-Makeup-Artist-Hairstylist-Los-Angeles-California.jpg)

I am using a graphing technique for this one to hopefully get a better picture with more precise measurements and proportions

Here are the different view of an hour and a half worth of work i will try to fit in more time... click the image to see it larger

Expressionism and Mixed media

What is Expressionism?

Wikipedia says :

'Expressionism' was a cultural movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the start of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world under an utterly subjective perspective, violently distorting it to obtain an emotional effect and vividly transmit personal moods and ideas.^[1][2] Expressionist artists sought to express the meaning of "being alive"^[3] and emotional experience rather than physical reality.³ 

So i am still on an expressionism Kick i really like the style and decided to try one of my own piece so i did a sketch first with the colors i would like and sort of what the image is supposed to look like so this was my first attempt at my own expressionist piece.  What i like about expressionism it that it can be beautiful or scary!

I did a Mixed media piece:

Why Cant They See Brown Skin  

 It is based on beauty and just the American International Idea of Models... every where i look the idea of beauty is mainly still thin blond women some are brunettes with blond streaks but none of them have brown skin though they tan for the look of sun kissed skin.            

I used scrap book paper images from Victoria Secrets Newest Sale magazine Gauche and Marker.

The theme is beautiful blond women over shadowing a very small brown skin woman with shades and a smile she is the least prominent, yet she still has a place here. 

How would you classify mainstream beauty? I feel that it is still very Caucasian look. Most celebrities get plastic surgery to appeal to a wider audience & to seem less like their natural heritage and more International but what is international Beauty, if not different and Exotic??

Trial and Error

Here is ther drawing that i did the other day that i could not post I like the way it turned out if you have any suggestions let me know i am really partial to faceless people ... i think it makes it more mysterious . Like the possibilities of who they could truly be are endless!

I am getting alot better with drawing hair i love the way the mans hair turned out

this is my very loose representation of a Henri Toulouse Lautrec Piece Dans Le Lit

For class this Saturday i needed to do a still life. I had alot of cool ideas with jewlery and vases and cups. But the problem was the still life also needed to be symetrical and the ones that i had thought of to be an interesting composition after i finished setting it up the full image was no longer symetrical.  So I ended up with an Apple and two oranges.... I know fruit will be very popular for this project.

After all was said and done this is what i came up with and the drawing is good the apple is a little big and i added more green to the front of the apple (artistic license)



Comfort

So now that i am getting in the swing of things and i am more comfortable with what i can do and determined to do more i am not so put off by the idea of trying new things!

I did a drawing yesterday of a faceless man and women how i love the mystery of that and i am going to wok on my three wise women drawing tomorrow along with my symetrical still life for class i have alot of work to do i think i may just take it to work with me and put some time in there!!!

But here it is my piece the hair is getting really good i still need a lot of practice but i am happy with how it came out. i might do a little mor fine tuning this weekend... more shadows and definition...

( MY CARD READER IS ACTING UP I WILL POST TOMORROW)

DRAWING MAKES PERFECT

Ok ok so it is not a drawing a day well sue me i work 2 jobs go to school and the gym but i am trying to get better and really do some drawing in my free time. Honestly everyone has free time it is just that they dont know what they do with it. they spend thier time lounging around or pretending to do work when they are really on facebook or even watching tv instead of reading writing drawing or what ever they said they needed to make time for and honestly i feel i need to make time for all of that!

I meant to update last weekend but i felt bad because i have not been keeping up so i think what i am going to do is post every other day that is much more possible i will do a sketch or drawing and then basically ramble!

VASE AND BOTTLE FADE OUT

i like the way it turned out

But i think that i need to start drawing on my good paper instead of on news print just incase i do like it and if i do not that i will just have to live with it or start again!!

STILL LIFE BOTTLE WITHWAX,WINE BOTTLE ANTLER AND DRAWING HAND

I still need to finish this one we had 20 minutes to work on it during class and this is all i got done i know i am working on my speed but it will come to me with practice and dedication

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” Calvin Coolidge quotes I read this quote the other day, and i thought to myself how true! if i work diligently i can achieve the world but if i wait for it to come to me i may never see success.!

MY ATTEMPT AT SOME EGON SCHIELE PAINTINGS The one on the left was done on sunday and the one on the right was done today they are pretty brief sketches i will attempt to do more detail versions of them above is the line drawing for a more detailed version of the left drawing

right back at it!!

Ok ok ok ...so I have gotten back in to the swing of things and i have also went back to schoool and i am taking a drawing class... So i am serious about drawing everyday i will update and give my thioughts of the day i Hope that you like what you read and see....

Personal qoute and thought of the day!!: "It is hard to recognize your voice when you have been silent for so long!"

Day 2

Feeling revitalized it is awesome to get back on the bike I really want to draw all the time. I started a drawing that says beauty in arabic. Right now I dont have too much done but i want it to basically be surrounded but a very busy background.

The pourpose is to show that the beauty within always stands out...

So this is what it is thus far.

Day One... Getting back to Art

Hello All

This is day one of my journal i am getting back to art i had forgotten what it meant to be one with it and i was missing something so I made an active decision to do and post art every day! be it a doodle a sketch for a project or a picture that i captured. so stay tuned!

here is my first sketch of many!