Recent figure studies; approximately 10-15 minutes each.

“a step in each direction” assignment from the beginning of the semester.

A montage of some of the works from the end of the semester! And after this next week of out-of-town vacationing I’ll be uploading progress on winter assignments and personal work.

Less figure drawings lately since we’ve only been doing long poses- but one of the more recent ones and some work-in-progress shots of the current one.
Things I’d fix, but still enjoying it!

Gravestone frottage from Elmwood cemetery; This was a really moving project for me with the anonymous ‘mother’ and ‘father’ gravestones. Both that these people were completely defined by that, which I think is really beautiful in a familial sense, and that it’s painfully easy to relate to gravestones with such universal ‘names’. A total of 48 sheets over the course of several hours spent in the graveyard. No two sheets use the same grave.

‘Triad’ paintings; open assignment, and then two pieces revising it into a completely different language. About the binding qualities of friendship. Though I’m not terribly fond of the results, it was a good project, and being such an open, option assignment, was enjoyable to explore without consequence.

Figure drawing from this week; roughly 2 hours. Started shading and longer poses, which will continue from here.

A couple of the daily landscape painting sketches I’ve been doing, which will be through the end of this unit (out of 17 currently).