Automatic Drawings

automatic drawings done to BTS' "DNA"

Sink and Relationships

Inherently our most cherished relationships ultimately bring forth the most anguish.

SELF-PORTRAIT [LOW VIEWPOINT] WORK IN PROGRESS 2

 

Self-Portrait [low viewpoint]
Work in Progress 2
charcoal pencil on cream Arches Soft Cover
30 x 22 "




SPLASH

Splash
70 x 55 "
latex, acrylic on cotton
2012

GESTURES: 3

Gestures: 3 
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

GESTURES: TORSOS

Gestures: Torsos
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

FIERCELY REACHING

1 Minute Adverb Gestures: Fiercely Reaching
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

PROPORTION STUDY [DON]

proportion study [Don]
charcoal, colored pencil on newsprint
31 x 24 "

JUTTING IN AND OUT STUDY OF RIBCAGE & BREASTS WITH NIPPLE DISCUSSION

jutting in and out study of ribcage & breasts with nipple discussion
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

FORESHORTENED SKELETAL STUDY

Foreshortened Skeletal Study
charcoal on newsprint
32 X 24 "

UNTITLED

untitled
acrylic, colored gesso on paper
17 x 11 "

A couple of years ago, my own aesthetic wouldn't allow me to claim this as my own.  Now, with some tweeks, I could.

DON - PRONE

Don - prone
ink on newsprint
32 x 24 "

BOOB STUDY

Boob study
charcoal on newsprint
32 x 24 "

SKETCHBOOK 11/12 [MY CHINESE GIRL]



pen on paper
9 x 12 "

SKETCHBOOK 11/12 [ROOM WITH A VIEW]

pen on paper
12 x 18 "

SKETCHBOOK 11/12 [SLEEPING]

pen on paper
9 x 12 "

SKETCHBOOK 11/12 [GIRLS AT HALE LIBRARY, FROM LIFE]

Sketchbook 11/12 [Girls at Hale Library, from life]
pen on paper

9 x 12 "

Girls at Hale Library, from life
 
When they move, I generally start a new sketch. Drawing from potentially moving life forces me to draw faster because I never know when they will move. Even when people are asleep, they'll toss and turn some.

The paper (Strathmore Sketchbook) is first colored by using a mix of some cheapy gouache sometimes mixed with gesso. For these drawings, I used Pilot G-2 Gel pens.

Evidently, I have no clue what economy of lines means.

Mother

Mother
charcoal/ink, acrylic on paper
15 x 30 "
2011

Mother [on drywall]

Mother [comparison: equal composition]

I'm not sure it's not better composed by including the wall.  [Uh-oh, a double negative, that's just terrible grammar.  It's as if I didn't have a father who was a stickler for proper English.]

I'll just Amanda Ross-Ho-it.  Should be simple: cut out wall, display.  I can even disregard framing.  A little Spackle and the wall will be good as new. 

JUST WHAT THE FUCK MAN?





Just What the Fuck Man?
acrylic, watercolor on paper

23.5 x 52.75 "

 

After reading Trish's email that the Arts Incubator was closing permanently, I just sat dumbfounded.  To sublimate, I went to paint and this lyric from The Dance Party - 'Lipstick' kept repeating in my head, " 'tious what the fuck man."  

High School Reunion

I just had my 10 year high school reunion, so I think this is a good time to look back to some works from junior and senior.  Mostly embarrasssing, but at least I know better now.

(clockwise beginning in top left)

Sixteen Bodies
pen on paper
35.75 x 23
12/1999

untitled

colored pencil on paper

22 x 15 (20 x 13)

12/2000

Still Life Painting I Final

acrylic on canvas paper

16.5 x 12.25

1999

untitled

blue pen on paper

24x18

Hands and Feet

black pen, colored pens, highlighter on paper

18x24

11/2000

untitled collage
left eye: graphite on paper
right eye: graphite, charcoal on paper
nose: white charcoal pencil on black paper
mouth: graphite on paper
22 x 27.75 (18 x 24)
1999