Final Projects and The Sketchbook Project

  Finally, artwork update! Here's the completed version of my Design 1 isometric drawing.

   The completed ink portion of my Drawing II project, both a close-up and slight distance shot.

 

And finally... the sketchbook!

Again?!

  I made quite a bit of headway on that Drawing II project... and then completely forgot to take a picture to show the progress on here. *groans* Everything's coming down to the wire, at the moment. I have two Art History tests this week, have to finish both my projects, and I have to deal with graduation on Wednesday. I'm a little stressed at the moment. ^^;

   To top that off, I still haven't received my sketchbook from the Sketchbook Project. I wonder how long the shipping takes? Maybe it'll come in the next few days? I also need to work on my friend's tattoo design, which I won't be posting on here. It's going slowly at the moment, due to all of my other projects and it being stubborn. Anywho, I wish you all a great evening/morning- wherever you may be- and will try to actually have an art related post tomorrow when I get home. :D

An update and Happy Mother's Day

  Hey everyone! No new drawings for the day at this point... though that may change. *crosses fingers* I actually need to finish going over my lecture notes for my Art History 1 class and to start studying for my Art History 2 final. I am starting to feel just a tad overwhelmed? :D At least I'm almost done with my Design project and the proposal for my Drawing 2 project. I'll be able to take pictures of those on Monday and Tuesday. Then, I have graduation on Wednesday. O.o Which is slightly strange since my last classes are on Thursday, but hey... whatever floats the college's boat.

   Enough about my goofy self! Happy Mother's Day to any mom's passing by! I hope you all have nice, relaxing days. My mom is currently taking a nap before we have to head out for work. I'm hoping it will have been quiet at work, so that we can leave as quickly as possible. Anyway, more later! Have a great one y'all!

Just finished Simon Schama's Power of Art documentary...

   Finally finished the Simon Schama's Power of Art today. The last three installments were excellent and rather informative. The series covered eight rather influential artists, bringing them back to life- in a manner of speaking. The last three installments covered Van Gogh, Picasso, and Rothko...

I hadn't really heard about Rothko, prior to the series. And I don't always connect with a lot of the Modern art, though I couldn't tell you whether that is due to personal aesthetic taste, the fact that I've grown up in a Post-Modern world, or a little bit of both. I was surprised to find that his later work, shown in the movie, were ones that I could connect with emotionally. There was one in particular that caught my eye, near the end.

Rothko, part of his Black on Grey series

Not the best image of it, but I couldn't find a better one sadly. (It's a tad difficult finding a variety of images of his work. There's a plethora of some of his work, and barely any of other examples.)This particular painting made me think of isolation, of standing in a pool of white with nothing around for miles. Not sure why, exactly. It just did. Anyways, that's enough for now.

Drawing II W.i.P continued

   It's been a long day. Had a frightening moment where I thought there was an issue with Graduation, but found out that everything's moving smoothly. Have to go clothes shopping soon, though. UGH! Just cant wait to have that Associate's Degree in hand.

   Anyways, here's a little more progress on the Ribera interpretation.

finished line art

Starting to do ink washes

And here's where I left off for today. 

 Next time, I hope to start on the other version  of the interpretation. I'm possibly doing a young man trapped in a toy store, stuck with the costume and strings of a marionette. We'll see. ^^;

Final Project W.i.Ps and The Sketchbook Project

I can finally upload some current work. I'm working on final projects for both my Design 1 class and my Drawing 2 class. These are work-in-progress shots, so they may look extremely different when complete. For my Design project, I'm doing an Isometric drawing on a full sheet of Arches (140lb Hot Press) paper.

Full view of the Isometric drawing. Watercolor and graphite at this point. Glass-like architecture.

 And for a close up of part of it:

My Drawing II project is a bit of a Master Interpretation drawing. I'm doing the proposal on a sheet of Stonehenge, and breaking down the original painting into line and shape- instead of subject matter. Then, on a sheet of Arches, I'll bring back the subject matter, but with my definite own spin. The painting I'm using is Jose de Ribera's Martyrdom of Saint Phillip. Here's what I got so far.

Full view. This paper is almost as tall as I am. O.o

Close-up

The actual reference image:

Martyrdom of Saint Phillip by Jose de Ribera, Spanish Baroque

    Also, I decided to participate in The Sketchbook Project. It sounds amazing, and I can't wait to receive my sketchbook. I'll upload the drawings as I work on them. That's all for tonight!
  

Testing, testing 1-2-3

   I figured today would be a good day to actually upload some of my more recent artwork. These are just a few of a watercolor series I completed last week. I tend to use graphite or ink more often, so these are a bit... different from what I normally do. I actually did about eight of these, but I'm only posting the three most recent ones. (Everything else will be from this past weekend and on, when I start uploading more.)

A self-portrait based on a photograph.

The smallest of the series, and the one that seems most like a gestalt.

A bit of an eye study. Used a dip pen and burnt umber ink to go over the watercolor.

    If anyone would like to see more of the series, just left me know. :) Later, everyone!