Figure Drawing from Early December

Another great session at Crowdstar with a wonderful model from the famed Bay Area Models Guild

Loss

Here is a piece I have been working on as a personal assignment in my The Art Department Composition Class.

Dr Sketchy SF

Fun night down at 111 Minna with Dr Sketchy's and Sketch Tuesday where several artists created art and sold it immediately before spending there earnings at the bar for some great entertainment!

Figure Drawing at Crowdstar Nov 4th

Thanks to Crowdstar, we had an excellent model last Thursday from the Bay Area Models Guild.
All of our models are members, but I mention it to spread the word about a sort of competition to submit any artwork done from a BAMG member since 1946. This is the longest running guild of its kind in the United States and helps create the Renaissance of art that has happened in the San Francisco Bay Area since World War II. Your submission could be featured in the book they are compiling. Even if you don't get selected, you $5 fee will go toward supporting this excellent cause. Others who are submitting are Bay Area fine artists from all backgrounds, including my favorite company, Industrial Light & Magic, as well as Pixar, and perhaps Crowdstar! The deadline is December 31st, 2010.

Benbow Inn

Here are a couple sketches I did up at the Benbow Inn. My wife and I went up there this weekend to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary. It is a wonderful spot for anyone near Northern California, off the 101 about 3.5 hours North of San Francisco. It is a historic building which has the look and feel of an Old English Inn. The food is fantastic and the views of the surrounding Redwood Forests and Eel River are breathtaking.

Some Vignettes and a WIP Comp of Chaos

I have been learning terrific concepts in The Art Department class I am taking in composition. Here are some vignettes where I am trying to work the ideas of shape design, tonal pattern, overlap, and general composition out. Then I started a personal project as an abstract design, using alchemy as a base, then have been trying to sketch it up into a mythical battle scene.

Painting I am working on, and a Quick Richard Schmid study

Found this link to free digital versions of Illustration Magazine. It has terrific American Illustrators, all the pages, full resolution for free!