Colored pencil on black construction paper. Approx 5 x 10 in. I used a photo as reference for the form, but the colors are completely made up. Unfortunately, this is not a real flower.
Susana's Flower
Colored pencil on black construction paper. Approx 5 x 10 in. I used a photo as reference for the form, but the colors are completely made up. Unfortunately, this is not a real flower.
Out of my element
Two things that I rarely do: pencil drawing and architecture. Approx 11 x 14 in, on bristol board. I was inspired by a photo I took walking over the Brooklyn bridge (one of my favorite things to do), and used that photo as reference.
Ribbit.
This is the fastest piece I have ever done, and coincidentally, one of my favorites. It was an assignment for an Art Ed. class in college, designed to get us thinking about how to make the most out of very limited and un-ideal resources. We were all given the cheap, lightweight, and nonabsorbent paper typically found in school classrooms (in this case, about 12x18 in), and an 8-color crayola watercolor palette. We were then given about five minutes to get some color and water on the paper, and watch the disaster that ensued. After we had all quickly made messes, our homework assignment was to take those splotchy runny messes and use any means we could find to turn them into something not so horrid. I thought, hmmm, kinda looks like a swamp. I've got real work to do, so I'll slap a frog on there and call it a day. I didn't even use a brush—the black line work was done with india ink and the dropper that came with the bottle. From start to finish, the whole thing took less than ten minutes, a feat I have come nowhere near replicating since.
Pun'kins
Halloween has become one of my favorite holidays since I started painting pumpkins. This past year I had a good time:
I also painted some gourds, which wound up looking kinda neat:
I also painted some gourds, which wound up looking kinda neat:
Undies!
Really, when an event is called "Professors Exposed" and two male profs are presenting, who can resist covering a wall of the art building in "their" underwear? Back when I was VP of my college chapter of AIGA, we put together this event—a chance for students to get a look at the personal and professional work of some of their professors. This was way more fun than any poster I ever made...
Old-school Balloon
A colored pencil drawing—this made its brief public appearance in Redeemer's 2009 Juried Exhibition. On brown paper, approx 8x10 in.
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