Below are works complete for a community college art course I took in my senior year of high school. Since this was during the pandemic lockdown, all of these drawings were based off of things or views in my home. During this class I fell in love with charcoal drawings and it is now one of my favorite mediums.
Still Life
This assignment tasked us to set up and draw a still life with anything we found in our house. To add a fun twist, and since it was Halloween, I included toy spiders crawling over my kitchen scene. I am particularly proud of the spider on top of the sugar dish on the right and the red onion on the left side, since I feel I captured the lighting on both of these nicely.
2020
Texture Study
This assignment was to recreate a piece of a painting, focusing on filling the page with texture to create shapes rather than creating outlines or shadows.
2020
Irregular Shape Study
Just a croissant box. I had a create time setting up this scene and capturing the cast shadows. It was a good exercise in choosing which pieces of a scene to highlight as well, since the ground plan especially could have been far more detailed, but I determined that would distract from the upward motion of the image's composition.
2020
Multi Perspective
This project involved taking a multitude of photos from one location, and combining then into a singular 2D image. I loved this project since it was unlike any other I had done, and it allowed me to depict the place I always sat to create the art for this class, which is an interesting record to be able to look back on.
~40" x 60"
2020
~End of community college class work~
Pogo
Created for my sister after our pet Pogo passed away, I love the calmness exuding from this piece. Pogo was a very shy and quiet cat, know for her scrunched-up feet and curled tail, and I feel I was able to capture her energy in this drawing.
2022
Various Studio Process Sketches
In my design process, I have found charcoal to be a good way to expand my thinking and get myself out of creative lulls.
