Student art show!

I'm excited because two of the 6 artworks I submitted to the student art gallery got in! My final drawing for Drawing I last semester of the spider spinning a web against the night sky, and a Drawing II assignment from this semester of berries! The opening is this coming Friday in the Lord Hall Gallery! I'm excited for my birthday this coming Monday (April 2nd!)

This is my latest assignment for Drawing II that I did this past weekend. The objective was to draw a figure expressing either anxiety, isolation, or rage: I chose isolation and had Jackson pose for me, although I also took a picture because he couldn't hold that pose for hours! My roommate Robyn pointed out the way the shading looks somewhat geometric and I agree, I like it! I also like the way I drew his hands.

Below is a whole collection of doodles that I've done over the past couple of months in my little sketchbook. I do some in my free time, but oftentimes while I'm listening during class, it actually helps me pay better attention most of the time.

I really like drawing people in class, but they are usually just sitting in seats, facing away from me

I love using the Blick double sided drawing markers I got for Christmas but because I have a Japanese album-style Moleskine sketchbook it does bleed through on the other side!

I wrote this during the wicked warm week in March where temps got above 80 degrees!

...Trying to compensate for the fact that my marker bled through

Little Spideyman

I have a whole group of finished drawing II assignments!
This first was a weekend homework assignment from two weeks ago. We had to draw a dark room and my boyfriend Jackson gave me the idea of going to Neville Hall, a lecture room on campus just a few minutes from our dorm. We hung out there that Saturday and Sunday while I drew the dark seats with light coming in from the arched doorway.

This was my homework assignment from this past weekend. We had to draw one of our favorite snacks or meals, so I bought some raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries and set them up in a small, clear parfait cup! I had fun for the majority of the time, but drawing the raspberries' and blackberries' kernels was very time consuming so instead of spending about 5 - 7 hours on the weekend assignment like usual, I spent closer to 10!

This was one of the first in-class drawings we did. I had to build some sort of white paper construction outside of class then bring it in and sketch it for 2-3 class periods (180 minutes each).

This is my most recent in class drawing. We had to choose any object that was important in some way to us and create a diptych - two panel - one of the object, and one of it wrapped. I chose my spideyman toy that squirts water out of his fists! He's very small, probably about 2 inches. We worked on him for 3 class periods, and then began the wrapped panel, which we will continue after break :)!

I knew right then that she'd been abducted

My second homework assignment for drawing II involved mirrors. We had to somehow show their reflective quality, or draw something in them. I used the small light-up circular mirror in my dorm room, and draped a shirt over it to show the light shining through the fabric. I drew myself as I looked into the mirror, capturing the glowing ring in my pupil and my eyebrow piercing. 

My second day of drawing II, we used a rag to spread charcoal powder over a piece of paper, than we used only our erasers to sketch a still life, only adding some darks at the end.

In 3D Design our first project was to create a wire animal or human figure, and I chose a cobra. I first developed its form by using a drill to tightly twist two pieces of wire, inserting hooks to leave gaps to wind the wire through its body afterwards. It's very large, I curled it up, but when spread out it's about 12 ft. I am okay with how it came out, I like that it is life-size, but if I could re-do it I might make it smaller and thus be able to make the form look more solid, and add more detail.

When you find yourself the villain in the story you have written..

The first assignment for Drawing II was to create a study of any object. For this broad topic it seems that common choice is shoes, but I love my Vans and they were what I decided would be the most fun out of the all the objects I was deciding between. I set them up on the chair in my room for the weekend, and my little light down by them for greater contrast! I used nero lead, which I really like since it will go quite dark, but it is a little harder to erase out highlights. These are a few shots of my process!

Someone on my floor had those little magnetic beads, so Jackson decided to do a bunch of fake piercings with them - you just have to put one on each side of your ear, mouth, etc.! I really like the ears but he refuses to actually get them done.

Nordic Skiing Comic

I am back at UMaine, the first classes of the spring semester begin today! Over winter break I drew a nordic ski-related comic for my boyfriend Jackson who competed in high school. This is based on one of his last ski races that he told me about. I used comic strip boards and double sided Blick markers!