New Year/End of the year

This was a quickish sketch...the last one of the year.  I haven't made all my artistic goals this year,but reading about Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" allows me to give myself some slack.  If you have never read about it, it basically says that one's basic needs must be met before one can attend to higher needs.  I am hoping in this next year I will be successful in meeting basic needs so that I may be free to be more creative and artistic.

Figure Drawing - Oct. 2012

Mermaid Update

Finally found some time to work on this digital painting.  It's still pretty messy at this point, but I am liking where it's heading and having fun painting it. 

Brochure Design

Just finished a brochure for an engineering company. 

Figure Drawing - July 1st 2012

Drawings from today's open model session. 
I haven't had a lot of time to draw in the last 2 weeks so this was a much welcome session. 

Figure Drawing Show

One of my drawings is in this show.  The reception was held this evening and had a nice turn out.  What makes this show intriguing is the variety of ways the figure is approached.  Some of the work is very literal while others more abstract or purposefully exaggerated.  It's definitely an inspirational show. The show was put together very quickly which did not give the artists (myself included) much time to get work ready for hanging.  This makes the presentation of each work a point of interest as well.

Figure Drawing - May 2012

I finally found an open model session in my area.  It's been a couple years since I have been to one, so today was a real treat for me.  Here are two sketches from today.  The first one is a warm up in charcoal, and the second one is a more detailed sketch in graphite (note: I didn't mean to run her off the page so drastically).