Here are some pages from my sketchbook. A lot of them are in Marvel style (since that is what I want to do, draw comics). Right now they are really raw. Don't really like them that much personally. I'm trying to copy a lot of diagrams from mostly John Buscema because he is my favorite artist (R.I.P). I'm going to try and increase my workload to doing sixty sketchbook pages a week. That is about nine pages a day on average. Just so I can get better faster and get over these annoying trials and tribulations.

Inkwash drawings.

Inkwash drawings on white paper. These were from last semester. I think they were about thirty minutes. Twenty minutes for the drawing and ten minutes for the inkwash technique. Don't feel that great about them, but whatever.

Charcoal penicl portrait.

Portrait that took about four or five hours. B Charcoal pencil. It was really difficult to shift values with a hard charcoal pencil on pure white paper. Wish I had more time on it. She was a good model. Kept her position really well.

Workshop sketch.

Did this at a workshop. Meh. Not disappointed, but not necessarily pleased. I think I made her head a little too narrow. It's a little more wide than it is long. The individual head study I messed up on from the beginning, but made the most out of it since I can't erase prismacolor. It was relaxing though to just sketch this one and not necessarily worry about time since I had at ton of it. No rush. But I need to work on my faces.

Figure painting.

A painting I did a couple of weeks back. She was a really good model to work from. Basically this piece consists mainly of various values of Burnt Umber oil paint along with some very subtle transparent colors. I was going to color in the surrounding background and areas, but I liked the way how it already looked. Overall I felt "meh" about this one. I guess it's better than when I first started the year which was my first extensive experience with painting, but...ehhh...still don't like it that much.

Some quick studies.

I've had the chance to go to a Quick Studies workshop this semester since I'm finally living in the city. It's really cool and I believe super beneficial to me since I am going down the path of illustration. I'm a big fan of speed and I want to get a lot faster. From everyone I heard that's in the same situation as me in terms of what I like and want to do, they all say go to the Quick Studies workshop. Here are some samples of what I did last night. Just a few. I'm tired of uploading every single page I did during the session on every other online venue. Here's one, two, three, and five minute samples.

Bittersweet Still Life

A still life I did. Honestly my energy towards the end of this painting dwindled, and I know I made a few huge blunders on this one. First an foremost, the most obvious is the tangent with the top of the bottle with the edge of the canvas. Big no, no. And there is still that halo effect from the initial drawing around the glass. So that's kind of annoying. I could have put more soul into this one. Better luck next time I guess.