Classwork - Recent Class Assignment

(It's side ways and I'm lazy..)

Classwork from the last assignment we had. Black paper and white conte.

My critique was okay but the bottom half (left side) was better than the upper half (right side). The bottom part with the jester, I payed more attention to planes than the upper part.

That was a crappy composition, but everyone took the good spots.

Old Work from This Semester

Classwork, Charcoal Eraser Siena Conte

Homework, Charcoal eraser siena conte

Classwork, black conte

Classwork, Black conte white conte (perspective looks way off because the paper was warped when I took the picture)

New Lesson - Hatching

Hatching not cross-hatching.

I sometimes forget there's a difference.

Similar to this, but no line and in only one direction.

(I don't claim any of this work as mine)

Artist Research - Richard Diebenkorn

We went over some of Richard Diebenkorn's work in class and I like it. It's a break from all the line work we do for classwork/homework and even the line work I do outside of class. It's refreshing too to see all the bright colors he uses. There's a lot of warm and cool hues in his work and it works really well.

In class we're suppose to look at his use of planes and his little use of line. Out of all the painter artists we've been introduced to in class, he's my favorite. Simply because he hardly uses line, if at all, and pulls it off very well. It's sometimes difficult to do this myself because I'm so used to outlining things over and over and then shading in or something similiar...

*Will be posting images of class work*

Paper Strips Assignment

This is my photo for the paper strips/gesture drawing assignment.

Blind Contour Drawing

On this assignment we had to draw 4 portraits using cante, ink with a brush, ink with a stick, and charcoal (or pencil).

I did the assignment as asked, and I think it turned out pretty good. The eyes were suppose to be on the side of the face, and the nose way out of proportion, right?

I liked blind contour drawing, but I feel it's a waste of paper. Those 2 ply bristol papers are expensive to only have one little scribble drawing on it. I feel we, the class, could have gotten the point with some regular paper and a charcoal pencil, or regular pencil. It would have been a lot cheaper.

Planar Analysis Drawing - Done!

http://lifedrawingtwo.blogspot.com/

The assignments involving this weren't too hard, nor too easy. I think the most difficult part was the ruler. Making sure your sketched out, round lines looked like they were done with that huge t-square ruler ( I hate that thing).

And personally, for me, making the planes look like planes and not just squares was sort of difficult. I tend to zone out when I work, so I don't realize I'm doing what I'm doing until I get it in class, and I'm like: wow, this really sucks. Why did I do that?

A lot of my drawings for plane analysis looked similar to this:

Lots and lots of little planes and not much line variation. Except my lines were darker and heavier, and I had more environment drawn. (no offense to the artist)

Now we get new assignments, no more ruler! Maybe this time around I'll do better, and live up to my own expectations.