penguin

sf zoo day

Don't disturb the sleeping lion...I wish I could relax like that.

I have a not-so-good scanner, so forgive the poor image quality.

clowns

Apple Orchard background updated

I didn't like the look of the acrylic paint so for this iteration, I have added water-based oils.

apple tree background -- in progress

I'm working on this landscape painting of our apple orchard. Lately I have been studying background paintings from animated feature films, and I'm trying to capture some of the styles and techniques I see from artists of that genre. Specific influences are from Disney and Studio Ghibli. I may tone down/tweak the colors with a glaze of some sort. Not sure yet. Still need a lot of work on this one...

figure drawing

Here is a recent 15 minute gesture drawing done with vine charcoal, and charcoal pencil.

seated nude

This drawing is done with charcoal, sanguine and white conte on colored charcoal paper. I like the solid look of this pose, almost statuesque. The details -- faces, hands and feet definitely represent a challenge. Hopefully we will be studying these areas more in the class.

gesture drawings

Gestural drawings convey the line of action and movement of a pose. Shown here are some very quick gestures of a male model done using a sanguine conte crayon on drawing paper. This model's imaginative poses helped to inspire me --- inspiration is sometimes hard to conjur following a long day's work and hectic commute to Cabrillo. Alas! The dedicated artist is not easily broken.

seated nude

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red barn

Barn at Flume Road

Self Portrait in progress

figure seated -- aka Maxell Woman

master study + imagination -- in progress

pots 'n' pans

watercolor Sami

Love him, my baby-Sam

Sami

This is a drawing of my beautiful cat, Sami. He rarely stays still enough to draw, except when he is asleep. I'm thinking about using this as the subject for the next assignment which is an interior/exterior scene, featuring a person, pet or object in the foreground.

detail

In progress Assigment 1 Painting Still Life

As part of the requirements for this assignment, I am combining 3 different compositions and color schemes in one painting.

Sketch for Assignment 1 Still Life

Here is a sketch I did of some apples from the orchard by my house. I used this as the basis for the painting #1.