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??