Hear/Say

So I know I haven’t been firing out posts for the past few, but it’s because I’m actually enjoying my unemployment. Which reminds me, I should totally be filing for unemployment and reaping some monetary benefits.

Instead, I’m busting my butt gathering stuff for the garage sale this weekend, and soaking in the last few warm days of Seattle summer before the 60′s set in. I’ve been drawing outside, which is slightly unnecessary only because I don’t really draw what’s in front of me, but I enjoy the atmosphere of outside-happy-beach-ness while I’m drawing. I don’t do landscapes or “life portraits”– I’m terrible at that, and my skills restrict me to the rules of my limits. It’s more like a hobby, and I’m nowhere near pro. This may sound like modesty to those who have sincerely paid me compliments, but it’s because I have a friend named Mihai who draws like Jesus wills the life and beauty onto the canvas/page. There’s drawing, and then there’s a recreation of life– Mihai, being meticulous, sensitive, and incredibly talented–has this power.

Either way, I thought I’d post some stuff I’ve been working on. Most aren’t finalized, and need a bigger scanner to digitize and post onto my Imagekind gallery.

I have no idea where I got the idea for this, I merely followed the pen’s suggestions:

Again, these aren’t full scans… this one had to do with Foucault, and I remember being pretty angsty/pessimistic about the world when I drew this… coloring it was fun.

Some unfinished emo self portrait:

I had bought a set of pencils because I wanted to try something more than cartoony. My dad gave me a short tutorial, and I think this was my second attempt from a magazine or some blog picture… the lower right hand attempt was supposed to be a friend, but it came out wrong.

This one took forever, but it was my favorite to draw– the kitten that I had for a month, Sultan, and his solemn face. I drew this from a picture I had taken before I had to give him away…

I did this one today, and because I wouldn’t budge until it was done (due to conditions– i.e. lighting, whatever), my back is now seriously sunburnt. Doesn’t really look like me.

The big one I’m working on right now involves a fat lady, a hole in the earth, a llama, and fog. No joke.

Graceee

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 12:22 am and is filed under Angst, Art Pieces, Current Events, Pause. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.