Final Days

    We're down to the last full week of the semester and we've got a lot of stuff we're working on. Nearly every class has some sort of final piece/assignment due this week or the beginning of the next.

    I'm finally making headway on my actual watercolor/colored pencil piece for Illustration I. I thought both of my illustration classes assignments were going to be due tomorrow, but we have another week so I have plenty of time to get them to where I want them. Hopefully.

[fruit illustration in progress]

    I've started my final painting which is due sooner than my illustrations... but I'll get it done. Allison and I went down to my grandparents house and I had her lean against a shed/garage for  a while. I don't know why, but for my traditional work I really like long vertical compositions so that's what I went with.

[exterior with figure in progress]

    I've finally got a photo of my ogre sculpture to share, I grabbed a black wig today at the store so I can make his hair tendrils and grease it up a bit. His name is Sticky Hair after all.

[3D illustration in progress]

    He's going to be a very "non-traditional" looking ogre and I think it's going to work. We'll see by next Tuesday.

-Cody

    Busy,busy,busy. I've been working for hours on my pieces. I'm almost done with them though, considering finals are this week and next week. I've been working on my art work so much I forgot about my writing assignments. This week  I have photos of my Sculpture project, Pastel final, and Independent Drawing Projects finals. 

[kaiju sculpture in progress]

   My kaiju(monster) is being developed with the muscles now. I'm excited to work on it because its something really cool. We are doing figures in sculpture right now so this is a nice break from a human figure. I'm gonna work on it and bring out the details once I figure out the musculature. 

[pastel interior in progress]

   This pastel piece is to replicate Film Nior sense of style. I will darken the edges and finish the stairs, the light space will be in the center, and everything else will be in shadow.

[pastel and independent drawing projects work]

   The piece on the right is one of my stencil paintings/drawings. It is a mixed medium piece, and It displays a topic I truly am invested in as a feminist.  Not the " man hating" feminism...
   The background looks better than before, but still empty. I'm at the point where I'm not sure what to do, for a fear of making it worse.

[independent drawing project in progress]

This is another stencil I was working on, it is an abandoned building with employee records as the background. I'm not sure if I like this version. Luckily I have a stencil and can remake it as many times as I please! The joy of stenciling!!! 

-Allison

Late Night Catch Up

    It's a little late tonight, but I wanted to share something before I head to bed. We've had a busy weekend, with even more snow. Then this coming weekend we'll be flying out to Colorado to visit family and friends for a week!

    Last Thursday in Drawing we had our first figure model in class, we worked on everything up starting with short gesture drawings to a longer 40 minute-ish pose. I don't remember how long each of these are, but I chose 3 for each of us to share tonight.

[figure drawing by Cody]


[figure drawing by Cody]


[figure drawing by Cody]

    It's been a long time since I've done any figure drawing any I had missed it. I need to get in on the extra figures sessions after break.

-Cody

    I'm so excited to draw the figure. I had a lot of fun with the gesture drawings and there was a lot of great poses our model did. As for other classes, I'm doing a self portrait in my pastels class and a reproduction of a masters piece I want to copy. I will have to work on my homework In Colorado over break. I'm going to be missing a lot of work Friday when we leave and Monday when we come back, I'm not really prepared to work on art homework across the country. I'm going to have to figure a way to compromise.

   We are currently working on the figure in sculpture as well. So I have to make a small figure and finish my skeleton/musculature for the next time I have class. Which will be hard to catch up on.

[figure drawing by Allison]

[figure drawing by Allison]

[figure drawing by Allison]

-Allison