week 12

Drawn at Lewis Ginter:












Mez:




Drawn from Vogue:
















drunken drawing:

week 11

I did a lot of thinking about the page but the drawings don't show as much of it as I would like. I'm going to keep working an that. I didn't count pages which i do think was good. But I also drew less which is bad. I did get out, but when I'm out sometimes I'm just not inspired to draw. I went to the botanical gardens again but is was so pretty that didn't draw a ton. I'm going to go back with fall colored pencils. My muted unsaturated markers left me bored surrounded by the brilliant oranges and reds of Virginia autumn. I must capture it! Also I've never been out there on a weekend, there may be more people to draw out there then.

I did look draw from the goat pics and studied the human head. Need to do a lot more studying of the head. I have been digging through my fashion illustration videos looking for those by Gladys Parent Palmer! She is so amazing. Watching her draw thrills me.









fashion history examples


random guy eating at Xtra's


center piece at Mez


inside the tree house at Lewis Ginter


kelley in a round hut.


Grayson at Xtra's


 Curly goat or sheep


park rant.


kitchen at 821



cooks at 821


marker colors


travel pencil colors


sconce at Xtra's, attempt 1(fail)


sconce at Xtra's attempt 2 (fail)


folks a xtra's


head studies


nose studies


head studies


rose at lewis ginter. I don't like the centralness of the big rose here.


rose at lewis ginter. I took notes and plan to ad a little more color.


I drew the cop at kroger while I waited for wine to chill.


goat (pitiful)


goat (so weird)


goat. I kind of like this for some reason.


goat. This one looks like Falcore on Never Ending Story.


donkey

mid week 11

I didn’t do any of my goals really. I worked on the smoky ones in the other class. I just drew a bunch of random stuff the week.

We video skyped 11/5 and went over each drawing. It was helpful. Mark sees a lot of things I don't see.
goals: think about the page, composition, focal point, a finished project. Stop page counting. Do pre-sketches to gain understanding then draw a good immediate drawing with economy of line, good color, weight, depth and interest. It happens naturally sometimes, but do it on purpose.  GET OUT MORE.

Also look at the goat pics more to understand the foreshortening. Study human head also. Watch videos of Gladys Parent Palmer drawing from fashion illustration class!

week 10: days45-49 (nov 4-10)

This week has been utterly ridiculous. I didn't get a chance to do all the things we talked about. But here they are.


illustration for fashion discussion
11"x14" book


Apparently drawing animals is really hard. They move to much, I can't seem to translate the shapes from 3D to 2D. I took a bunch of pics so I'm going to work on it more in a 2D to 2D fashion so i can gain some understanding. Then I will try it from life again.
11"x14" book 


These were drawn at Byrd Park kids area.
11"x14" book 


This is when I gave up on that endeavor.
11"x14" book 


Flowers seemed so inviting after that.
11"x14" book 


These  pages came from first Friday in downtown Richmond.
8.5"x11" book


Richard at his and Luke's place.
8.5"x11" book


Gallery 5
8.5"x11" book


Gallery 5
8.5"x11" book


back and Rich and Luke's
8.5"x11" book


CW Sigmond at Mez
7"x10" book


Annie and Stephen at Xtra's
7"x10" book 


Late night booze soaked endeavor 1
7"x10" book 



Late night booze soaked endeavor 2
7"x10" book 
I actually finished this book that night but I'll spare myself the humiliation of making my drunken ramblings public.


multiple views from one spot, basketball, TV, furniture, picket fencing
8.5"x11" book



This is one of my favorites of the week. It's my coat on the couch but i like the relationship of the loose lines and details. I also like that it has a landscape feel as well as still life.
8.5"x11" book


 table top with take out trash at Annie's
4"x6" book





multiple views from one spot, boot, knee, fan, stereo, remote
4"x6" book



bandit Richard. The eyes were too tiny and when I tried to fix it got crazy.
4"x6" book


bow tie guy at Mez
4"x6" book


ick
4"x6" book



bottles at mez
 4"x6" book

The rest are all the centerpieces from the different tables and Mezzanine. I actually really like the way these turned out.

4"x6" book


4"x6" book


4"x6" book


4"x6" book


4"x6" book




4"x6" book
This is my favorite of the whole bunch. It has focal point, detail, looseness, immediacy, and observation. And it's a little bit odd in a good way. This is what I would like to be able to do every time.

I know I've said I would let go of the 10-a-day endeavor, but I haven't been able to really do that, which is definitely hindering me at this point. Now that I have filled one whole book and almost almost another I think i may be able to do that. Mark was really digging the smoke drawing and wants me to incorporate the drawing and the carbon layers. He gave me some really great advice and encouragement. However, I think I'm going to leave that to the mixed media side of this semester. When I look back to September and what I was hoping to achieve in this class, that process is really getting further away rather than closer. So I'm going to take his feedback and use it for the other class. In here I want to keep focusing on looking. I need to still work a lot more on finishing. So this week I am going to use big books and only do 1 drawing a day and spend more time planning and thinking, maybe do a few preliminary sketches in the book first to study and warm up and then when I feel loose and confident I will make a finished and hopefully lovely piece of art each day. Making wholly successful drawings has happened a few times this semester and it's usually when I have done several similar drawings in a row without distraction. I want to go during the day when I first wake up and find things that truly engage and inspire me. I keep feeling intimidated by searching for that and I have to force myself to push past my inhibitions. I still haven't gone to the train station or the ER or the place by the river that I saw at night that want to find again.  I also want to draw more at Lewis Ginter. Hey, wait, I drew there this week, too. In what book? I think the green landscape book, but where is that thing? Well I just found it and they aren't in there... OK found the book they are in, but my camera battery is dead and frankly I'm over this posting right now. Uploading daily is a considerably better idea than weekly I've been working on this posting for several hours. Good night!