A New Year, Continued…

Hello Again,

I have spent most of my afternoon compiling these latest photos, so I hope you all appreciate it! But honestly, I’m glad I finally sat down and organized my photos. I also listened to a lot of Arcade Fire while I worked, so all in all, it was a lovely afternoon.

I want to show these in the most orderly fashion. I suppose I am going to continue to reveal my photos chronologically. Alas, we will start by looking at the beginning of the semester. Here we go…

WELCOME TO MY STUDIO! This is where dreams are made.

This is the goofy sculpture I made. I will discuss it further, probably in another post. I also have this lovely mirror where I sometimes draw from the body.

Speaking of which…

This is probably the first figure drawing I was really happy with this semester.

This is the beginning of a painting, which I finished (maybe) just recently. Sorry about the poor photo quality!

I was feeling rather dreamy when I drew this. I’m not crazy about it, but it’s nice to know that I still enjoy pastels!

I think this is the stage of the semester when my work started to become more unified. I stopped “playing around.” This drawing is a direct reaction to the black and white drawing from the summer (see previous post).

Here is one of my favorites. Once my painting professor started encouraging me to draw more, I couldn’t stop. I also began to experiment with mixed media, which, for someone who often gets bored in one medium, was a wonderful discovery. This drawing is charcoal, graphite, ink, and gesso.

Drawing has proven to be a better way for me to plan out space and to create these livable environments, before translating it into paint, which has proven to be much more challenging. Painting still feels like a second language, while drawing has always felt like my first. However, I always love a challenge, and while I am satisfied with my drawings, I want my paintings to be equally successful. They should illustrate the same feeling, and thus create illusions that are just as legible as the drawings.

As I stated before, I am still working from the figure. I have been privileged to have friends who will model for me. I probably won’t have the same opportunities once it gets colder, and no one will want to take their clothes off anymore…

These are typically always done in charcoal of some sort, and ink.

This is a pretty straightforward figure painting, done in palette knife. Although it’s strictly figurative, I’m pretty fond of it. I am getting AWFULLY excited about paint application.

This is my latest figure drawing. Thank you, thank you, thank you, my models.

Now, let’s step back for a moment and look at my space!

I present my largest piece yet, which is actually pretty blank in this photo. It is a 5′ piece of paper, and it will eventually be a very large-scale drawing.

One side of the room…

Here’s another side.

And another!

Typically messy.

Mmm, paint.

Well, that brings the photo spectacular to a close, FOR NOW. I regrettably don’t have my three latest paintings up here because…well, they’re not finished! The goal is to finish them in the next couple of days, so in due time, they will be online.

Also, I will be posting a lot of close-up photos of my sculpture, which I am continuing to build on. The giant drawing will be documented as well, throughout the long process. There will also be plenty of “inspiration photos,” i.e. artwork by other artists, landscapes, ect…So stay tuned…

There are six weeks left of this semester, so I think it would be a realistic goal to post at least six times by December. But be patient with me, my blogging audience, since I have PLENTY of other work that needs to get done. Frankly, I’d rather focus mainly on my art thesis…But it’s always a balance. Heck, I asked for this when I decided not to go to art school!

I hope you all enjoy the photos.

Until Next Time,

Zoe

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