Dr Sketchy Cleveland: Ravishing Rachel

After a three month life drawing hiatus, I pulled myself up by the bootstraps and headed to the speakeasy for some Sketchy.   

It was my first SKETCHY PHD (longer poses), and the first time I've rocked a graphite pencil since San Francisco.

Took about an hour.

Working Class Hero

For those that are wondering, I've left AAU for the time being.  Frankly, I've run out of money.

In the meantime, here's some perspective homework from a few weeks back.

A Stick Figure In Cleveland: Part Two

More from anatomy class this semester.  Per usual, 18x24 newsprint and charcoal, anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour and a half.  These have been the most fun, and rewarding of my recent hectic weeks.  I can usually pull off listening to Smodcast and locating a scapula simultaneously, so they end up being pretty low stress.

Just like the rest of school, I'm chomping at the bit to put these new skillz into practice with something fun!

    

The Summer Romance Has Blossomed To A Fall Relationship

   While I'm busy getting through the semester, I thought I'd post the work I did over the summer at the Cleveland Institute Of Art's wednesday life drawing workshops.  These range from an hour to an hour and a half on 18 x 24 newsprint with charcoal.  It was a struggle forcing myself to spend that much time on one pose, but I feel like I'm better for it.  Especially juxtaposed with what I was doing in the workshops before I left for San Francisco.

I'm hoping to hit these again soon, since they've always been a great exercise for me.  I'm also really excited to put this anatomy study into good use.

Dr Sketchy Cleveland: Halloween III

After digging myself out of a mountain of homework, I dragged myself to this years halloween Dr Sketchy. It was my second time a drawing a bearded lady at a Sketchy event, although it was a fake beard this time around.   I haven't made up my mind which one I prefer, but I have made my mind up about the people, It's good to be back drawing with friends.

It's also good to draw in this marker style again.

(which I haven't done since I moved away)

A Stick Figure In Cleveland: Part One

 Like In San Francisco, I want to chart my figure drawing growth on the website.  Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to keep up with it as well as I'd like.  

Cleveland's a drinking town after all.  

Here is the first month of my anatomy assignments and exercises.  They are mostly forty minute charcoal drawings done on 18 x 24 newsprint.  

They are all done from photos.  I plan on uploading work from over the summer from a live model, and hopefully get to some more figure drawing sessions in the near future.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Charcoal

I never put up my work from Analysis Of Form last semester.  Which was a pretty big turning point for me, just like it's supposed to be.

It was the beginning of really learning to see, and probably the first time I've ever spent more than 40 hours on a single drawing.

 

Which means I stuck it out, and didn't give up on using the charcoal like I have for the past 15 years.

Big thanks to David Choong Lee for walking me through it, and becoming my new hero.