Massive update of sketchesss

Dear peoples,
This semester, I feel like I've learned more than I've EVER learned, ever. I know that sounds a little ridiculous, but it's true. Even in highschool, I never had the kind of epiphany I've had this year. The fact that all I ever want to do is go to workshops really says something. The past year and a half before this semester I really didn't go to them at all because I thought they were help for the desperate. But really, the people who are serious about graduating and succeeding are all there. I've met so many incredible people at the workshops, it's ridiculous. If any of you see this, you're all my inspiration for improvement this semester. I love you guys and I'm so glad I got to meet you. These sketches are all from the 4 workshops a week I went to this semester. Enjoy, and any questions, feedback, or praise is always welcomed.




a more graphic approach...


some of my favorite gestures of the semester




some balance issues here, but i like the simplicity of them


1 minute gestures! hard stuff, but you can definitely feel the energy :)


michi <3


from the fashion workshop. pretty neat the way they set it up.


kike.... he always sits right in front of me or wears something interesting that makes me want to draw him.


stuff from the costume carnival. that was SO fun!



my favorite from the CC


BOATZ


standing on the second floor of the MoMA creepin on people


drawing thomas, and trying to learn a few new approaches he taught me with the brush pen




these ones are toward the very last few weeks of the semester. definitely my favorites.





thanks for going through the whole thing if you did. I really appreciate it.

-Jenni

Update....kinda.

So, exciting news in the sketch world. I just edited a whole lot of stuff so it's computer friendly, so my next update will be absolutely grand. However, I'm exhausted from all of this, and I want to accompany my update with a heartfelt review of my semester. I absolutely cannot do this while I'm feeling like such crap. I hope you don't mind. :)

Here's a preview....



Enjoy, and I'll be back soon....

artsifartsi

Oh hello there peoples. Some more arts I did this week.

3 minute quickstudies.



20 minute reclining pose study


30 minute exercise on perspective and angles



Another 20 minute reclining study


And this one is a 2 week painting exploring a new technique. First week was only monochromatic using turp to pull out whites and linseed oil and liquin to keep the paint wet and sketchy. I wish I had a picture of it from the first week, it looked like a charcoal drawing. Second week was just glazing over with color and painting more opaquely. I really like the way it came out. :)

HEADS

Just an update full of heads. So many heads lately. Oh just wait until I update my heads and hands sketchbook at the end of the semester. 100 heads and 100 hands! But for now, just a few.

This first one is kind of an edit/update because I fixed the painting of Deirdra a little bit after critique. Made her look less "grossed out", gave her head more mass and filled out her face and neck a little more. I think it looks a bit more like her now.


And here's a bunch of 5 minute drawings from Clothed Figure.









I think this one was 10 minutes. We were supposed to be looking up at the figure but some of my proportions are a little silly on this one.



And then this one was a self portrait for Heads and Hands. Worked on from a mirror.

Paintins

Oh hello crazy bone structure woman. She kind of looks like me but even more strange looking.



I had so much fun painting my Derpa.

Yeeee, character designs for my clothed figure drawing class!

So here's a bunch of school stuff from this semester! I'm almost up to date. Maybe 3 more posts and I'll be posting things from each week. I've been drawing so much I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up and I definitely can't post everything. :| But I'll certainly try.

Here's our first homework assignment. Flour sacs!



A 10 minute doodle I liked. The following are all done on 16x24 newsprint. (I think that's the right size)



I didn't really like the model so I idealized her a bit... But that's okay. The results turned out alright. I'm getting much better at line quality and proportions. Here I'm doing some under-drawings, but right now in class I've eliminated them all together. It's such a great feeling when practice pays off.




I loved this girl. She had such great rhythm.



-Jenni