Posting Just to Post

Please don't judge me for slacking on my posts. I have been very busy. Very small update today.

Here is a piece done in inkwash that comments on how violence begets violence.

Experimental Figure Drawing

 Since I usually post my female nudes here, I thought I'd post a male or two for a change.  I experimented with sharpie markers, conte, and charcoal. The sharpie created a permanence to my line that could not be fixed or erased, so more thought had to go into the planning process.

 The next drawing is more conventional, but also male.

 Today's last piece is of a female model, but I thought I'd vary the technique a bit more. Although slightly abstract in appearance, this piece is comprised of multiple drawings of a female model where the various poses are overlapped and combined to form one large composition. The drawing was made with willow charcoal and a mars plastic eraser on bristol paper.

That's it for today. Thanks for taking a look!

The Dinosaur Tea Party

The update today is going to be small by comparison to the last two. Today's post is a print I did by carving a linoleum block and running it through a hand operated press. The initial sketch can be seen in an earlier post or by clicking here.

You probably know by now how fond I am of drawing Dennis so I won't over explain this one.


That's it for today folks. Happy day!

Imitating the Masters- part2

As promised, here is the second part of that self portrait project. I decided to do a big composite of all the best entries. I think they make a better piece as a whole than as individuals for the most part. Click any pic to see a larger version.



I'll talk about some of the individual pics lower in this post, but first I want to look at a more recent imitation of a master. This replication of Cezanne's work followed up with a self portrait of myself done in the style of Cezanne's penciling was a recent assignment in my drawing class. I thought I'd throw it in here because it seems appropriate to the subject of today's post.


Now I'll look at the others I haven't mentioned as of yet here: Cubism, Impressionism, and Fauvism.
First, since I like it, is cubism. This is actually branching toward synthetic cubism rather than analytical cubism. The difference mainly having to do with implied textures to simulate actual materials rather than focusing on planes and sculptural angles. This art was pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

I follow this with impressionism. This was actually the first piece I did in the project. (see, no beard!) I went with a style similar to Pissaro and a little influenced by Degas.

Next up is Fauvism, which concentrated on intense color rather than form or natural color. This art movement was lead by Henri Matisse.


As a bonus, I'll throw in some newer self portraits. These are humorous and make commentaries about the small things in life like my big head, and the of being jostled from sleep by the joy of cats.



That's about it for today- at least for this post. I also posted a bunch of my old stuff today in a previous post. See! Two huge posts in one day.

Oldies, But Goodies

This bonus post is dedicated to old artwork that either hasn't been shown in a while, or artwork that has never been shown. (mysterious gong sound here) Some of this stuff is at least 3 years old, while two of them are actually around seven years old. Viewer discretion is advised.

I'm just going to post these with no commentary this time. Hopefully it will be fun for everyone to look back at these. Click any pic to see a larger version.

Rooster Envy

Hello all!

My one and only entry today is themed around the concept of envy. When I hear the word envy, a few associations start to go through my head. That gave me the idea for this somewhat crude joke. I decided to use a play on words to display the emotion of envy. If you're still not getting the punchline, think about another word for rooster and it should play out for you.

I put them in late nineteenth- early twentieth century garb to class the whole thing up a bit.



Thanks for looking at my work. If you'd like to see a larger version, please click on the image.
-Dave