April 2009

These sketches were done in the Oakland Museum Natural History Room. I went there a couple of weeks ago with my friend and fellow artist Forest Stearns.  The museum has a pretty good collection of animals, birds, habitat, and even eggs to draw from and a constant sound scape of environments to give it some life.

birds and ears

These are 3 of the better drawings I’ve done in class this semester. We spend about 5 1/2  hours in class drawing one pose. I feel sorry for the model and hope to one day be able to finish a really really really good drawing. These still feel like warm ups to maybe becoming a good artist someday.

This is a Rembrandt study for class. Notice how much she unfortuneately resembles the Quaker oats man. I chose this not knowing I have to now do an oil painting of it. It’s good practice?

The Panda went to China town searching for bamboo, the fox went to the Albany landfill, and the walrus and rider went up to Coit tower. Each of these creatures is no bigger than about 3-5 inches in size but all look significantly larger in photo form, but that’s just an illusion friends. Look closely at the photo below to see the actual size comparison during the art opening at Awaken Cafe.

mmmm. donuts, art, and friends.