Sketches and other assorted fun

Most of these sketches and drawings are from either free time,workshops,thinking,or just plain old draw to ease my troubled mind. I tried to put everything in here but that would take all of my short winter break so most went to the huge stack of stuff in my closet or just stored somewhere or even the trash bin. Most of these I post were big moments in my memory or just.....I just don't know....memorable for some odd reason. All in all I learned much in that drawing or painting makes me meditate so well that its almost like cleaning to me. Study hard,become Awesome,Stay humble.

Still life 1

I took still life 1 with Sheldon Greenberg this past fall and I really have to say this..a really hard choice between anatomy and this class...I super enjoyed still life the best!!!! I learned so much especially NO FEAR..its just paint you guys hahahah. I really recommend this class to anyone just make sure you get Sheldon Greenberg!!!!! we were given the choice between acrylics an oils, an as a person who has Ahem... set himself on fire twice (non intentional of course) I was not to hip to carrying flammable liquids and turpentine across town and be stuck with fumes in my dorm so I went with acrylics for the beginning of the semester but then my teacher vowed to change me into an oil painter and in some ways he succeeded...but only slightly for I used........Aqua Oils!!! Muhahahah I enjoyed them a lot but they don't work to well between cleaning with just water but work well with cleaners with traditional oils. So i went back to acrylics but I still needed to be able to blend my paints so I used Open Acrylics I used before with Steve Hampton. So for big projects I used fast drying acrylics to lay in my shapes and flat colors and general gradients as best I could with a acrylic retarder to keep it blend-able a little longer. Then I used the Open Acrylics for the long haul in blending and adding detail. I did learn though the Open Acrylics take longer to dry depending on the thickness of the film of paint I applied to the canvas. So even I using acrylic not oil came to class with a wet canvas hahahaha. Well I will place these paintings in order from start of the semester to now as best I can, there were so many paintings its hard to remember. So from bottom (the oldest) to the top(newest) as always enjoy (-_-)

I am still alive as of 1/12/12

Umm Hi.. It has been awhile since I have posted. I am still unsure why this was, but for some reason now I am. I guess I am calm enough to actually sit down and look back on what I have done these past many months. All I can say is that I learned so much in such a short time. Not just from my classes,but from others I have met and will continue to meet along the path to a future I still don't even have a concept for. I just know....somewhere...I feel....It will happen no matter what mistakes or set backs I make because the will and thrill of meeting that future on my terms is the most exilerating feeling I could accept for my family and friends and even for myself. My bipolar has been so different these past months I am guessing because of a change in medication but also I know because I myself am changing. I look back on who I was when I last posted on this blog or even farther when I was the little ignorant boy who thought the study of art would be sooo easy and would make my dreams and ambitions come to life just like that! As we learn though anything worth while MUST be earned though determination,skill,and unyielding effort, to me its almost like being a terminator I will not sleep, I will not rest, I will not stop...How..how can you truly stop someone like that!? I tried to become more focused..I failed..I became a teacher, a mentor of one, an adamant friend to so many others, I learned much from these students and they taught me, why I am trying so hard to become something I truly can not imagine. So being the Jacob Alexander Sweet that I am I became and used to my advantage my bipolar..specifically my MANIC episodes!! I did not sleep, I hardly ate, I hardly enjoyed anything I used too, it was all for others and to tell the absolute truth I.....kinda liked it. I used to be scared of my manic/depressive episodes but as long as I stay productive and am helping others and the world positively then I really don't need to be scared anymore. I might try and see so much into all I wish to accomplish but not seeing what I truly want. but this is something I will fix in myself I swear. Hahahah damn a lot has happened in such a short amount of time I still have not gotten to what happened with my family or friends Hahaha or even my training...well lets hope these many many post of works will explain all I have learned in my absence from this blog. Enjoy (pic-1-3 my room/ studio set for action!!! - 4 My Dorm room :3)

sketch drop 7/27/2011

I've been in a huge rut ever since I came home from school in may. For the last month or two I have not be up to my usual rate of output for artistic study I have been trying to learn to draw for the sheer fun of it not like I usually do when Im frantic that I have to get better or I will fail my family and waste so much time. But I also think my bipolar is changing my usual moods are getting mixed up at weird moments and I have been well equipped with motivation to do work just lacking severely in the enthusiasm to finish anything I start Im going to the doctor to see what is wrong with me my family thinks im just going through a burn out but to me it feels more as if I cant function as I used too. hopefully I can finish this project Im working on for my sister I really hope I have the will too finish it. well anyway here some work I've been doing just some highlights everything else seems really sketchy to me.

color and design

this is for my color & design class the project is mood and atmosphere I think after laying in all the color I finally got excited for it at least the lighting is clear.

clothed figure

these are from a clothed figure class a few weeks ago , we used some monster hunter reference while drawing from the model most are ten minutes or 20 , line quality and material need some work hope you enjoy.

the Choice

a poster and some images I did for a self promotion project