Drawing 1 -- Perceived Color

The goal of this 18 inch by 24 inch pastel still life was to match colors as closely as possible. We worked on this drawing for about two and a half weeks. Each class period, the still life would be set up for us with the rose, glass of water, glove and stick in precisely the same location. The blinds were closed and lamps gave us (just about) consistent shadows. We were to impost one-point perspective on the drawing so that it looked three dimensional. This was easier said than done. One of the hard parts was when things were not lined up correctly (like the post card). This was a great challenge and a lot of fun. I really enjoyed this one.

Drawing 1 -- Dream and Dreamer

This 18 inch by 24 inch charcoal and pastel drawing on colored paper was a lot of fun to work on. It is a structured drawing consisting of several components. We did a portrait of a classmate (the dreamer) using white and black charcoal and one color of pastel. In the rest of the drawing (the dream) we used only the charcoal. For me, the rest of the drawing consisted of a newpaper clipping photo (the boy swimming), a favorite animal (the penguins) and a landscape (Steamship mountain in Arizona). It was fun.

Drawing 1 -- Pen and Ink Self Portrait

Our assignment was to do a self portrait using a quill pen and ink on drafting film. The film does not readily accept ink and beads up. The photograph does not show all the beaded detail but it is very interesting. I found that I absolutely love quill pens. Once I start, I just want to scribble. It is a lot of fun and very liberating. When I do the self portraits I seem to have a really serious look on my face, but most of the time I'm not like that. I'm just having a good time.

Drawing 1 -- Erased Pastel Portrait

For this 18 inch by 24 inch drawing we were to use two colors of pastel. (I chose dark blue and green.) And to create a rich colored ground into which we were to erase the image of one of our fellow students. We then could lightly add a few lines on top of our erased image to enhance it. We spent three (90 minute) class periods on this. During the first period, my erasers were not working at all. I got new erasers for the second period and they were not much better. By the end of that class period I thought, "You are going to fail this class." For the third class period, I tried one more eraser and finally got it to do something. I added my line on top and got something that I was really pleased with. I thought it was the best drawing that I did during the semester and proved to me that sometimes I can draw.

Drawing 1 -- Bust of David

We spent about two weeks drawing the bust of David. This is done in graphite on white Strathmore drawing paper. It is about 9 inches by 12 inches. The other students in the class were very, very good at this and I struggled with it. I can say that I finished it on time and was able to turn it in.

Drawing 1 -- Modified Contour

In modified contour drawing, we do not get to lift the pen from the paper until we are done. Hopefully there aren't too many spots where the ink has spread out. This was my second try on the shoe. There were some other contour drawing that we completed, but they did not photograph well so I won't add them to the blog.

Drawing 1 -- Blind Contour

I really enjoy blind contour drawing. We did several of these in class. This is the one that I like the most.