Some Charcoal/ Graphite Studies and Finished Pieces

Charcoal is a very timid medium that can be used hundreds of different ways.  I have only only tried a few techniques, but i feel like using charcoal has given me a firm grasp on organizing values, and getting proportions right away.

3 hour charcoal study from my first semester figure drawing class

 Drapery study from my first semester analysis of form class

 Charcoal portrait of Steve Carell

 Detail of charcoal still life

 Full charcoal still life

 B&W charcoal master copy

 vine charcoal in class study of a bust

 My final from my charcoal figure drawing class

 In class study from live model

 detail in progress of pelvis in graphite

 Here's a little more of the spine done on the full torso

 Full torso done in graphite

 detail of skull from graphite torso study

 The Mad Hatter in B&W charcoal on toned paper

 detail of hair on The Mad Hatter

 in class study from live model

 graphite and charcoal foot study from live model

 Another graphite and charcoal study from live model

 B&W charcoal study from live model on blue toned paper

 charcoal hand study

 Detail of White and Sepia charcoal on tan toned paper

 Full in class study of live model in white and sepia charcoal

 charcoal and graphite portrait study of live model

SOLD

 vine and charcoal pencil portrait study from live model

 Charcoal study of Jeff Bridges from True Grit

 Vine charcoal portrait study from live model

 vine charcoal portrait study from live model

Some Gouache Color and Design Projects

I am not the biggest fan of gouache but as long as you stay organized its pretty simple to get a stylized look.  I would be very interested in learning how to use it a bit more painterly.

This is a portrait of my girlfriend.  It is done with a complimentary color palette with a couple

B&W transparent circles that are done in the same tone as the color, so if you squint 

your eyes they will disappear.

 This is my American Tattoo Mandala done in an extended split complimentary palette

 Detail of birds and flowers.  All of the outlining is also done in gouache.

 This is a detail of the Sailor Jerry center of my Mandala

 This is a landscape of Joshua Tree CA.  

 SOLD 

This is a commissioned piece i did for a friend while she was living in Aptos CA.

 This is a warm light, cool light study of a toy for class.

(left) cool light   (right) warm light

Finished Ink Drawings and Illustrations

Some of these are in micron pen, but a few of these are done using a quill pen, which totally changed how i draw in ink.  A few of these are personal pieces and a couple are from class.

This is a portrait of a friend of mine.  We had to ask a friend what a passion of theirs was 

and why it was that the enjoyed that most.  My friend is an incredible guitarist that feels free when he plays, like everything is pushed away.

 this is a editorial comic book page about the moments before war for a revolutionary war minuteman.

I really tried to focus on the fear that they must have felt going up against the largest armada 

assembled at the time. 

 This illustration is a little complicated.  We had to design a room for a quirky person 

based solely on one item, and that item had to be the focal point.  My item was a 

ships wheel.  So i decided to make my person a modern day pirate.

 I bought Jim Lee's book Icons recently and i decided to try my hand at some superhero drawing.

This is just a progress pic

 Here is the finished piece. I am still contemplating whether or not to watercolor paint it as well.

Sketchbook Sketches

These are a couple pages I like from my sketchbook.  I like doing a lot of my sketches from life and i enjoy using a variety of mediums depending on what kind of mood I'm in.

small 3x3in.  spot illustration of a rhino in micron pen

another small 3x3in.  pen spot illustration

 this is a small portrait of my friend from school

this is a dramatized version of the previous portrait based on her personal interests

which are Disney vileness's

 a couple caricatures of people at a drawing workshop

 an old cowboy sketch in red colored pencil

 (left) old man character in colored pencil

(right) a couple caricatures of a couple teachers at UC Davis

 a full body sketch of the old cowboy in the same red colored pencil

pencil caricature of John Krazinski or "Jim" from The Office TV show

pencil caricature of "Kevin" from The Office TV Show

 Leslie Nielsen pencil sketch

 22 eyes in pen, some from live model, some from pictures

 in class model. i decided to switch it up a little and use pen instead of charcoal

 a couple hand drawings in pen

 a few more

 some digital hand sketches