LINE
Pioneer Plaque
I used a simple black line to create my own version of Carl Sagan's Pioneer spacecraft plaque: a greeting card from earth.
SHAPE
Seamless Patterns
VALUE
Studies in mark-making, contrast, and light/dark
Mark Making
Pencil Portrait
Ink Portrait
Other texture explorations...
COLOR
Exploration of use of color using stills from films as inspiration
Harold & Maude
Duotone
The Lighthouse
Duotone on colored paper
Tampopo
Tritone
The 400 Blows
Monochrome + one color
- LIFE DRAWINGDrawings made from life: before and after COVID-19 shelter in place
Before COVID-19 forced everyone in the city to shelter in place, I enjoyed sketching people as they lounged on the lawn in the park near my house. It was a good exercise in observing and capturing gestures and postures as people move at their own natural pace.
Zoom Portraits
After I began to shelter in place, since I could no longer sketch people in a public space, I resorted to sketching my co-workers during our zoom meetings. In some ways it felt similar, but there was something different about sketching from flattened pixels on a screen.
In addition to my "Zoom portaits" I joined an online drink and draw event where models posed for their webcam. In a way, I enjoyed it a bit more than live events as it was less stressful. But there still was an undeniable difference between sketching live and from a screen.
Luckily for me, I was also quarantined with my boyfriend. He generously and patiently allowed me to sketch him.
This again was different from sketching unknowing subjects in a public space, because he was willing to indulge me by making deliberate poses and holding them long enough for me to finish sketching.
- SIZEA series exploring two subjects in different relative sizes
SPACE
A series exploring spaces from intimate to zoomed out.
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