And now it’s time for a giant dump of all of the classwork I’ve been up to recently. I haven’t had the time to update in the last few weeks, so I’m playing catchup to the best of my ability. My other news is that I managed to finish a new primitive portfolio, and so I will be updating my website with those items very soon. There will be a few other housecleaning changes going on as well, to make navigation and finding all my art easier.

>> This piece is my best pastel as of yet, and even received a compliment from my program director. I’m pleased. And yes it still looks all orange and fleshy– that’s just the medium. It’s meant to be monochromatic, not real flesh tone. I’m following the professor’s instructions in how I make it.

>>A master copy of a Sargent painting done in charcoal.

Tons more under the jump!

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I’ve been really busy this week and last doing a poster design, trying to finish up a watercolor painting for a kid’s book, and putting together a submission for an important competition I entered. I am also working on putting together a new physical portfolio, update and print some business cards, and change up my online portfolio. I may even need to tinker with my site design to really get it the way I’d like it. I’ve also received a new commission– whew, I am busy busy! Of course also consider my actual school assignments, time for sleeping, eating, walking my dog, working on my personal art projects… ah well. It’s anyone’s guess as to how I actually have time to breathe. (Quick response: I don’t!) Anyway, on to some art for the week:

>> Another charcoal head drawing. I enjoyed the model’s smirk so I attempted to incorporate it into his portrait.

>> A first attempt at drawing the nude figure with pastels. I’ve not used pastels before so it was a real challenge. You can’t erase this stuff.

>> Nude Figure with pastels: this was my second drawing. Hey I think I’m getting it! As messy as they are, I’m still enjoying them.

The new semester has begun, and I’m getting warmed up and used to the heavy workload once again. Here are a few images of things I’ve done so far (some NSFW nude figures under the cut):

>> A portrait done in Head Drawing class.

>> A portrait done entirely from my imagination. Not TOO terrible, eh?

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More from my charcoal drawing class. These are all figure studies from live models, and therefore are nude. All NSFW images are under the cut.

>>Foxy Mulder – This is a charcoal portrait of Fox Mulder from one of my favorite TV shows, The X-Files.

All images under the cut are nude figure studies and may be NSFW.

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As part of my catching up, I’ve got here all of the rest of the still lives and statue studies that I did in my Chiaroscuro charcoal drawing class.

>>Egg On Your Face – This was actually one of my first drawings I did, and is in graphite. We had to draw an egg still life. Mine needs more darks, to be sure.

>>Ladies’ Night Out – This was a still life that was supposed to have a theme, so I chose some items a lady might take with her on her way out for the evening.

>>Another Fabric Study – This was another fabric study done with a very thick piece of fabric. It needs more midtones, however.

>>Still Life with Bottle – Another still life meant to study dark glass.

>>Mastercopy of Statue Drawing – A drawing of a statue that I had to copy directly. I actually did this same assignment in undergrad. I really wish that I had my old version so that I could compare them.

>>Head Statue Study – A study of a plaster head.

More below the cut. Slight NSFW warning for some nude plaster statue drawings.

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