Assignment number san

So not many words today. Need more sleep right now. Though I fight it. I have here my finished ass #2 and the beginnings of #3. Pencil or ink a face. So far I have an inked one. No heavy blacks on this one. Maybe next time. Also I dare not destroy ass #2 by trying to ink it with my clumsy hands.

So assignment numero dos, was to use a painting from the days of the old masters (circa 1899 or earlier). I'm working on a couple. I said before not my favorite subject. That was no disrespect for the old ones. It has always astounded me how much subtle detail these people could recreate.

My friend Chris said something about "The old ones being addicted to what they were doing." I think some of these guys were obsessed or had some sort of compulsion to replicate the beauty they saw in the world. Maybe there are different stages to this. I think I'll throw out 7 stages to to The Sublime Mastery of Art.

1) Lazyness/Distractions

2) Mild Interest

3) The Addiction starts

4) Borderline Obsession

5) You are now diagnosed with a slight case of OCD!

6) Enter the Compulsion for perfection

7) Onto Sublime Mastery


This has been one of the toughest yet rewarding experiences I was ever coerced into. More posts to come this subject matter. I think I am just past the mild interest phaze of this. That 1st one is quite the thorn bush to run through at a certain point in life. The artist is Cabanel. Not sure of his 1st name or that of the painting. I'll post the pic of the painting with the finished product.

assignment numero two

So this weeks assignment involves the masters before the 1900's. Not my favorite subject, but I have become insanely drawn to it. My 1st doodle is from Chaplin. Don't know a thing about him. It's a 6 min ballpoint pen sketch. I kind of like it except those are some pretty easy lines for me. My roommate is challenging me to do one based on Monet. We'll see if there is anything I am entranced by. So far though, nothing has really appealed to me. Even if I don't find anything I'll still answer his challenge.

the 1st assignment

My first venture into the world of blogging. This started off as a series of assignments my art buddies and I began this past week. This was my end result. I have a couple more sketches that i'll post at a later date. Maybe when I am able to type faster I will write more about the posts themselves. I don't like the static pose of this one. I started with the head of this creature and liked that so much I just kept going. I'll save her for something special in the future. Thanks for checking it out, see you soon.