Figure Drawing 4-5 minute poses

Figure Drawing 4-gesture ?

Apparantly I shouldn't be "outlining" the figure in the gesture phase.
Ugh, I'm getting worse, I feel that I have to unlearn everything I have taught myself, without losing my own style. It's hard, but I really want to do it. I want to be confident in my drawing.

These first drawing are the gesture (which apparantly I'm doing wrong, it's not supposed to be about LINE, it's about the "spirit of the pose", the intent, it needs volume. I apparantly am outlining, no action....ugh, ugh, ugh,

Illustration Friday-QUIET

She's Buried in My Garden

Drawing Sunny Drawing

It's so hard to draw my little girl, her proportions are so "in between" and she never stops moving, and I can never capture her crazy smile and surprising beauty.

Beate Minkovski

The Chicago Women's Caucus for Art is honoring Beate Minkovski, she runs Womanmade gallery in Chicago, and was one of the first people to support my art work. Thanks Beate, and congratulations on this well deserved honor.

Figure drawing 3-anatomy

Drawing a muscular guy is way harder than drawing a female, let me just say that.

Figure Drawing 3-the lesson

We really focused on "stage 3" the anatomy, and really getting how everything was connected, the drawings weren't pretty, and they were tough, focused 10 minute poses.



I even had to hold the charcoal pencil differently, on the side, kind of flat like.
Karl helped me with this one, OBVIOUSLY

Figure Drawing 3

Here are the first drawings of a loooong day.....

The Drawing Club -PRIEST FROM EXCORCIST

It was a creepy night at the Drawing Club.

Figure Drawing 2

3 minute poses

New Blog 40 weeks

I'm gonna make a new blog, entitled 40 weeks, the gestation period of a human baby! I made a sketch book of the days I was first pregnant with my daughter, Sunny Rae..... although I got a beautiful baby out of it, I didn't get too many finished drawings. This time, (yeah, right) I am going to try and make them more complete. Let's see if it works. All it takes a little motivation mixed in with dry heaves and narcolepsy. Click on the title and you are there...


These are from the first time around...


And...my most recent drawing

Illustration Friday- CHANGE

40 WEEKS




Well.... I'm going to have another baby, it's gonna be a big change for everybody!

Figure Drawing from Top to Bottom

I just started taking this figure drawing course at the animation guild from Karl Gnass, he's a great teacher, he's an expert on anatomy but emphasizes the importance of story and character in a drawing. His philosophy to a great drawing is this...
1. Gesture- The best part! The statement of your intent through expression.
2.Conceptual- The hard part and most cerebreal, volumizing and giving dimension and defining shapes.
3. Finish- Now, select your visual field, how to use what I see to tell a story. Emphasis, with organic rhythms and landmarks and muscles and center lines.

I'm posting these drawing to track my progress. Sunny goes to pre-school all day on Friday, so it's awesome to have a whole day to devote to drawing. These are five minute poses.

Rational Recovery

I have had the power to overcome alcohol addiction for over 10 years, I read this tiny book called Rational Recovery, and through the support of my husband I have maintained sobrieity, because I decided to. No god involved, no meetings attended or apology letters to write. Simply through my own strength of power I do it, and I continue to make a decision not to drink, every day.
This drawing was inspired by the story that Robin Williams in in re-hab and he was in a "meeting" not participating and with his head down. I just wanted to let people know there are OTHER ways to beat it. The 12 step program, although it works for some is not for everybody, and that you do not have to give yourself up to "God" or some other "higher power" and have no control over anything you do.

Take responsibility for your actions, your life, your everything, and life can be what you make it.