This is one of the only high school works that remains on my website.
It's a study in Dali that I did my senior year of high school. It's a
parody at best of Geolipiticus Child Watching the Birth of New Man, in
acrylics. I really like it though.
12/02
Liz or Someone Like You. This is a final project in my Life Drawing
class. I actually got an "A" -- which was great. It's a
portrait of my sister, even though it doesn't look too much like her . . . I
used vine charcoal and condensed charcoal and gesso on stonehenge paper.
I really love the shadows the play on her face and the sturdy lines in her right
arm. My favorite aspect of the drawing is how the white plays off of the
figure and how the lines of her figure just kind of dissipate -- and yet it
looks natural, not like I said "Well, that's the edge, I quit!"
12/02
Bernard. This is a painting in India Ink of one of my favorite
models in the class. He posed really well and didn't move. In this
pose actually he stayed an hour (think about it, perfectly still for an hour)
and ended up falling asleep . . . anyway, I really think I got his face
accurately, especially at that angle and everything. Every time I drew
Bernard however, I always hovered around his neck and chest, it was
weird. There was a good chemistry there I guess.
12/02
Bernard 2. This was done with charcoal, and there is some gesso I
added afterwards. I just love the characterization of the neck and chest.
11/02.
This is an untitled nude. It's a wannabe contour that didn't quite make
it. I tried to contour, giving it the ol' honest try but then I got
really fascinated with the shadows on her back and so I just went with
it. It's condensed charcoal and then gesso on the dark lines on her
back. The gesso in this picture actually paved the way for the gesso in
my final, Liz's portrait.
11/02
This is another untitled nude, from actually the same model as above. I
was really bored with how this was turning out, I felt the pose wasn't working
well on my paper and the shadows weren't adding dimension or anything really
worth looking at. The gesso really added a certain volume to the figure
and helped finished it. I liked, in the end, the gesso's effect on the
figure. It made it more fun to look at, I think.
