Late Night

Late nights are great, aren't they? I had one last night partly because I was too lazy to go to bed, and partly because I had to finish my one of my two drawings for my artistic anatomy class. Here's the result:

Cool, right? If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go sleep now. Have a great day!

I Came, I Drawed, I Conquered

Ok, so I've been crazy busy with classes getting ready for finals, and even though finishing this piece meant procrastinating on a huge research paper, the good news is I finished it! Pastel still isn't my favorite medium to work in, but it's starting to grow on me. It helps to think of it more as a painting medium than a drawing medium. Makes it easier to blend colors. When I showed my preliminary sketches to my little brother, he was so upset. He thought I had killed the butterfly, and it was really mean of me. Gotta love him. Anyway, here's my butterfly piece!

Finals Frenzy

I know I promised to have my new pastel picture done by this week, but I'm a little behind on that due to thanksgiving break, a killer essay, and my anatomy homework. So as my final post before finals stress really sets in, here's my first drawing for my artistic anatomy final project. I'm probably going to do three or four more of these in total, but not until next week. Anyway, enjoy!

Sock Monkeys

So, I'll admit it. With art this week, I was a lazy bum. I didn't do half the things I wanted or needed to do, but here I am! So last week I gave you a taste of this project with my thumbnail sketch. Today, I'll show you some of the process behind the piece, and the (mostly) finished drawing.

This drawing is a pretty similar process to my last one. So first we've got the beginning outline

And then the finished line drawing. Now we're ready for the first step.

On a side note, it was about 10 at night when I went in to work on this. The studio was completely deserted, and I found this laying up against the wall:

Nope. That's not creepy at all. Anyway, after the initial line drawing is done, I did the acrylic background. The light blue area is a single layer of acrylic, while the background was about 3 layers of acrylic on top of a layer of primer.

And to top it all off, several layers of chalk pastel. This was quite the challenge, because I have never worked with pastel before in my life, and it is very difficult to blend without making the colors too muddy. I'm calling it a good first attempt. Hopefully, the next one will be better. 

Join us next week when Hannah attempts to complete a 4-foot piece using pastel, her arch-nemesis!

Have a great day!

Gloves Again

So, even though I griped my way through my last post, the actual picture didn't turn out too bad. It's not my favorite I've done this semester, but it was more fun than I was expecting.

The bright colors definitely made it pop more, and I had fun creating the background texture with saran wrap. Still, I'm glad it's done. My teacher decided to move on, instead of having us draw the gloves again. Here's a preview of my next project, which I'm a lot more excited for.

Hope you have a great week!

Blowing off Steam

Quick rant before class starts, and sorry in advance to all readers. This post is just me whining. So our last assignment was so much fun, and I really enjoyed working on it. It was creative, I had to think through problems, and it actually turned out well. So I had a bit of a let-down when I found out what our next project was. Just kidding, I had a huge let-down. Guess what we're drawing for the next two weeks?

That's right. a purple latex glove. I am so excited. Also, we are not drawing it once, but twice. Identical layout, different color schemes. As if the first time wasn't enough. Anyway, sorry for making you read that. Just had to get it off my chest. Have a great week!

Drawing 2 Midterm

Crazy week again! Don't have a whole lot to say, so here's a few process pictures from my Drawing 2 'midterm'. Hope you like it!

Preliminary outline

Beginning with Sandpaper

More sanding, denatured alcohol, and shading.

Finished product! Sorry the color's a bit off, the power was out today so the lighting was a little funky.