Updated Work 12/17/11

Still Life in Charcoal and Conte Crayon

Self Portrait in Pencil

Crooked, Curved, Power, in Colored Pencil

Expressive Hands in Sharpie and Watercolor

Galaxy Shoes in Acrylic on Canvas Vans

Figure in Charcoal and Conte Crayon

Abstract Sund

Figure Drawing

Okaaaay so...it's kind of weird. And the photo is really bad and her hair looks really red. Oh well. It's still in progress but it's basically done...it's hard working on it without the model but I tried. I don't really know how I feel about it and I kind of feel like Neil because this was painful and yeah. Does the shading look werid? In terms of contrast anyway? Cause Myles saw it and said it was good and then asked if the model was a Black Ginger. And she wasn't...

Also I've updated the still life with my more complete (but still not complete yet) piece.

Still Life (in progress - UPDATED)

 

UPDATE:  here's what I've done since last week. The sunglasses are still rough, and the edges definitely need to be refined but all I have left to fill in is the glass...which I'm totally avoiding. But I'll get it done.

 As you can see, it's far from being done. This is my first time seriously working in charcoal, so it's been taking me awhile and it's been super experimental. I'm really happy about how it looks now, though. The perfume bottle bothered me for the longest time because it's out of focus in the reference photo I took, but I think it works that way. I'll post more photos as I complete the piece.

Also I just noticed that the "a" on the Nutella looks a little small and it's really bothering me so I'm going to go fix that now...








edit: here's the picture i'm using for reference, just to compare