Observational Drawing Final

I finally took pictures of my final portrait that was put up at the school. I also took the final pics that went up of some of the other students in my class and they are very talented. We were suppose to use a mirror to draw ourselves on these large pages but during the beginning of the project, the teacher allowed us to use a pictures to draw. Please enjoy.

ME (mirror)...although my family does not think it looks like me and my teacher does...who knows.

Brandon "the badass" (picture) who is probably one of the most talented students I have run across.

Cody (picture)...very talented as well.
Deena (picture) who is a trained make up artist and very talented.
Deena also did this one of her friend which also ended up on the wall. The detail is great.
Haley (mirror..I think) I like the delicate nature of this one.

Josh (his charcoal from earlier in the course) He is also very talented and does skateboard design.
Sue (picture) she is great and I love her work. Sue also had the prof post this portfolio picture in the halls. You know how I love shoes.

This is Ben and Juan....Juan drew this but he drew it of Ben (another student) from when our teacher had us draw other students. It looks just like him.

Last but not least...

Ron (also the charcoal from earlier) very talented ..and had this one chosen to grace the walls.

I hope y'all enjoyed all of these fine artists.

Sketchbook for the week

Sketchbook images for the week....yes some may be scary.

We are working on faces and portraits.

Here is my ear... exciting yes...


My mouth and eye..
Portrait of a Woman
Mary Cassatt, 1872Oil on canvas,
This portrait of an unnamed peasant woman reveals that Cassatt's talent and sensitivity were well expressed quite early in her career. ..It did not photograph well but you get the idea of it.


Self Portrait by Gwen John, Welsh artist.
Early 1900s

I had a TON of problems with her nose and it is hard to see in the portrait but her nose did look very similar to this, even though it killed me to draw it like this....I am suppose to draw what I see....better luck next time.

Its not what you think

I ran across this incredible artist today. He works exclusively in paper and was even on the Martha Apprentice Show. His name is Jeff Rudell and contributes to the website www.craftstylish.com. You can read about him at http://www.craftstylish.com/profile/Jeff_Rudell .


The piece can also be found at http://www.craftstylish.com/item/8173/portrait-in-paper-its-not-what-you-think
This piece that caught my eye is actually carved from one big piece of black paper (4'x5').
Noted on the website: This detail of a portrait in paper extends the boundaries of what is usually called "paper craft." This picture is 5 feet tall by 4 feet wide. It is cut from a single large sheet of black paper using an X-Acto knife and it is mounted on a piece of stretched canvas. This is not a drawing in ink. This is not painted. This is just paper on canvas.


A detail showing relative scale between a craft knife and the left pupil. The overall dimensions of the work are 48" x 60".


More of Jeff's work: Stunning!!

Paper flowers that look better than the real ones. Thank you Jeff for making such beautiful work.