final for drawing...these are my father.

this drawing was the final for my drawing 2 class with tim ford. we were supposed to do a redo of another project we had done from earlier in the semester. contrary to the previous drawing i had done of my father, i wanted to really develop the image purely as apart from any sort of loaded meaning. i wanted it to be playful and yet i wanted it to still seem related to the other peices i have made this semester in this class. unfortunately what you can't tell form this image is that there is some bee's wax which coats the central image, sort of setting it apart from the rest of the piece. i am really satisfied with how it came out; its dreamy, just the way i like.

...this is my father.

after the human condition project, which i worked on earlier this semester my professor assigned us to do a contrast peice. the most logical contrast to me, since the previous project was regarding my relationship with my step dad, was to do one focusing on my relationship with my father. in this image i have me in the bottom poriton of the page represented as the same sparrow as in the human condition peice, and in the upper portion of the peice is my father (cute pic of him from grade school, looking pretty awesome i might add) the basic concept here is that dad can be highly analytical and is a very linear thinker, where as i am not. the marks are meant to convey and contrast of these mindsets and yet there he is on this sort of pedistle. i think of him in the highest regards for reasons which are both logical as well as purely instinctual and nonlinear.

Figure Studies

so i want you to know my process of developing an image. first i start with a gesture, which is meant to capture the movement of a pose. then i move on to develop these initial gestures building flesh to the frame work of the pose. i start mapping out points which relate to one another trying to maintain a critical eye because this is the point at which i am adjusting the the shapes which collectively make up the greater form as well as attempt to most accurately display each of the parts of the body to one another so that they seem to relate and work together to create a sense of unity and realistic weight on the page.

i've been trying to play with color lately to help ground the figure. this will be something i explore more, as well as color as value once i begin painting II in the fall; it's another figure study class.

this final peice is one that i completed in my painting class for the final. i used a figure study from my drawing class to reference for the pose. i am happy with how it turned out though i wish it still felt as gestural as the original.