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

lightning gouache study

I learned in my color and design class that i wasn't using gouache to its full potential mostly my consistency of the paint was either to thin or thick so I tried this little painting and I gotta say it was the funnest painting i have ever done I had so much more control of the paint that I really freed myself to think of value and color that I wanted so I am happy with a painting for once I see alot of things I need to work on but it feels good to have something I truly made.

new year post

this is the last painting I did for 2010 I have learned alot in one year compared to my first post early this year if you go back a few pages I must always keep going foward I'm not sure who said this but it has stuck with me these last few years "once you stop learning.... you start dying!" well here is to another great year of art education and to all good luck on our journey.