Kid Series Drawing 1

This photo shows the size of the drawing. the top left corner is a 4"x6" photo. The drawing os on a 20"x 30" bright white, smooth water color paper.

This is after about 8 hours of work (not including the tracing). The swim trunks on these boys are tough! A challenge I choose to except!

New Projector!

I have finally bought a projector to use in my art! It helps me so much in the drawing process so I can focus on developing the value and details of my drawings!

This is kind of difficult to see, but I have the projector sitting on my desk and my easel set up on the right. 

 This is how awesome the projector is! I can make the image as big or small as I want and trace the general guidelines on my paper! Its so sweet!

You really have to look closely at this image (click on it to make it larger so you can see). The traced image is of the two boys from the photo above. I have started to work to add value to this piece. It is part of a series of drawing I want to do of the children I work with. This is the first one! Pictures to come soon!

Updates on a Few Drawings

I have started and am continuing to work on both old and new projects. Here are some of the images I have been working on: 

Continuing to develop this drawing of my brother. I have been working on it for a long time, so I am really trying to get it finished. It is still slow in coming, but hopefully will be completed soon. 

This is a drawing of a ballerina I started. I am planning on using values on her body and doing a line drawing for her costume. 

These two illustrations were originally in a sketchbook. I decided to redraw them in sharpie on bristol board. 

 This is a drawing of my Grandfather in 1956 when he was in the Air Force. My grandfather recently passed away and while I was in Michigan for his funeral I drew this. 

Here I decided to try color pencil on black paper. I found this image of a flower in my reference image collection. 

Busy Busy Busy

  As my blog shows, I have not been able to draw every day like I had planned. Im not too surprised, but I am bummed I haven't been able to do it... What I have been doing is working on acquiring photos to use as reference for a series of drawings I wish to do of the children I work with. Each child has such a great and unique personality, I can't wait to get started! I  have sent letters to all of the parents whose children I want to draw and I have gotten a great response back! The parents I work with are awesome and so encouraging!!! 

  I am hoping to get started on this series ASAP, but with work, being team leader of my church's Romania mission and all of the other small projects I do, it will be interesting to see how long it takes me to complete these drawings. I truly hope I can finish them in a timely manner and work hard to get them ready for portfolio reviews throughout the year and eventually for admittance into an MFA program! 

Drawing Day 3 & 4

December 29th: Didn't draw today... but my dad, mom and I rearranged my studio to fit a new drafting table in!!

December 30th: Continuing to work on my brothers drawing and a quick sketch of my brother holding a chicken

Drawing Every Day

So my plan is to try and draw a little bit every day. If that means I get to start and finish a drawing or start one and finish it over a few days... that is the plan! 

Start date:

 December 27, 2012

December 28, 2012

Started today, hopefully finish it tomorrow or the next day

Finished Drawing!

This drawing took a lot of effort but I am very pleased with the result!!