Thursday, August 1, 2013

Natural History Museum Drawings

Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class



Summer 2013
These were drawn from life at the Natural History Museum in New York City. 

Hard Oil Pastel
In this study I was working with light and dark values as well as texture. 

Prismacolor Marker and Hard Oil Pastel
In this study I worked primarily on composition. 


Hard Oil Pastel
This was a study of texture. I experimented with tone using two colors. 

More Paper Still Lives

Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class



Summer 2013
India Ink
These are more drawings of white paper still lives.


In this one I went over the India Ink with some hard oil pastel and some white charcoal.

Highline Park

Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class



Summer 2013
Acrylic Paint
This is a series of three landscape paintings done at New York City's Highline Park. I used only the colors black, white, and ultramarine blue to emphasize the mood of the park that day. 




Zander

Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class

Summer 2013
India Ink, Charcoal, Watercolor Paint
The India ink is the first layer, it is gestural drawings done during a session with a live model.
The models were moving, so the idea was to put down a few basic lines to demonstrate each
pose. Next I used a live model to draw the large figure in charcoal, and lastly I went back in
with the watercolor paint to emphasize the figure drawn during the gestural drawings. 

Contour Line Still Life Drawings

Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class
Summer 2013


India Ink
This was a still life made up of all white objects.




This is a posterized drawing of the same still life. 



3 White Paper Still Life Paintings


Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class
Summer 2013



India Ink and Watercolor Paint
This is a series of three white paper still life paintings.






Live Model Figure Drawings

                Parsons Summer Intensive Drawing and Painting Class
                                               Summer 2013


Charcoal

Charcoal 

India Ink
Gestural Drawing (the figure was moving, so the idea was to get the gesture down on paper
in the moment they were in that possision)

Graphite Pencil



India Ink and Watercolor paint
This is a mixture of gestural drawings (using moving models) and more detailed drawings.

Hard oil pastel