My first in-class project of the year had the goals of re-incorporating the figure and continuing my theme of external pressure being a restraining force. While references are always a struggle, this was one of my most difficult yet, but with a strong reference I was able to jump right into painting with minimal changes to the source material. I ended up having to make multiple passes to deepen the shadows and fix facial proportions, and I think it needs one more pass at some

Drawing with Tommy Van Auken has been one of my favorite experiences of art during my time at Maggie Walker, and has made me certain that I need to take a figure drawing class in college. In addition to gesture, contour, and subtractive drawing techniques, learning to focus on shapes rather than objective parts of the figure (the eyes, nose, feet, etc.) has greatly improved my painting technique on my own time. I'm often very critical and methodical as I make my work, so be

Since progress on Project #8 has been slow in these busy last weeks, here is a progress post on my home project. This piece was unique in...