still one of my favorites...

charcoal on paper
summer 2002
a "study"

random

Some random ones I dug up recently:

graphite on sketch paper
spring 2000
part of high school portfolio on 'oppression'


graphite and charcoal on sketch paper
summer 2005
one boring saturday night

more naked people...

more random nude figure sketches...

brown conte pencil and charcoal on brown draft paper
summer, 2001
reclining nude woman

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white conte pencil on black draft paper
summer 2001
30-minute study of elbow

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brown conte and graphite on gray newsprint
spring, 2000
study of guy's leg
15-minute pose

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conte pencil on gray newsprint
fall 2001
nude model study
30-minute pose

voluptuous nude

Around junior year of high school, I decided to take a few figure drawing classes over at Art Center. These are a two sketches that came out of it.

charcoal on newsprint
summer, 1999
30-minute pose


charcoal on newsprint
summer, 1999
voluptuous nude in my figure drawing class
30-minute pose

the obligatory still-lifes

I've always hated watercolors, kinda because it's hard and you can't mess up but mostly because I suck at it. I took a class once in 8th grade, painted a few flowers, fruits and shadows before the teacher monopolized it and painted the rest (the background of this one is hers). I think it was painful for her to see how much I was butchering her medium. Anyway, I liked how these turned out but I doubt I can paint like this anymore.


watercolor on watercolor paper
spring, 1997
fruits in basket

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watercolor on watercolor paper
winter, 1997
roses and violets in a round vase

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In 8th grade, mom shipped us off to an acrylics class taught by some woman at the local ymca equivalent. I decided that I liked the medium, but hated the teacher so I never went again.


acrylic on canvas
spring, 1997
sunflowers in a vase with apples on the side

Old School Sketches

Background: First, I must explain that what I have remaining in my body of work is completely random. Between moving eleven times since high school, my parents moving into another house, and my apparent apathy toward my artwork in general-- a lot of stuff has been lost or given away. Despite the fact that I have previously been reluctant to show my friends this body of work, I've decided to dig these up and show them in hopes that it will motivate me to do more.

So, I've spent these couple of days digging up these random works from under my bed, behind the refrigerator, in my closet, and share them with the public for the first time. Enjoy, and leave me your thoughts. Constructive criticism is always welcome.



graphite, charcoal, and pencil on sketch paper
summer 1998
plaster bust of caesar


charcoal on sketch paper
sophomore year of high school
zeus with a headache

New Quarter, New Goals

Blogs are out, but archiving is in. Melissa inspired me to start archiving my work online, so let's try this out. I should dig up my work, blow off the dust, and start taking some pictures. Hopefully this will help motivate me to get back into this. Cool, let's do it.