Graphite and colored pencil on paper.
Pulled this one out of retirement. Yield.
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Tag Archives: Graphite
BLA-DAOWW
Graphite on newsprint.
BLA-DAOWW!!
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Coffee Shop Sketches
These are three separate sketches of individual folks on their coffee shop grind. I positioned them all on the same page, where they come into closer contact with each other, but stay distant at the same time.
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the Cove
the Cove. Study of a funky tree at La Jolla Cove in San Diego, CA.
This is a section of one of the many trees there that are all gnarled and twisted up. I think all the unusual forms and shapes are really interesting because they don’t look like “regular” trees. Taking it out of context, like the section here, moves it even further from what “regular” trees are “supposed” to look like. A different outlook, complicating the categories.
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Home and Away
The deep archives, part 5. One last look back before we move forward!
Graphite and watercolor on paper.
Home and Away is another piece from my transportation series. Using two very different mediums (pencil and watercolor) always adds a new dimension to the game, new ways to express.
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Three-Wheeling
The deep archives, part 4.
Graphite on paper.
Three-Wheeling was part of a transportation-themed series I created back in 2006.
On a mission.
Keep Pushin’
The deep archives, part 2.
Graphite off paper.
Like my piece Storytelling from last week, this piece also involves a reverse drawing process, but with a slightly different approach. With Keep Pushin’, I started by outlining the figure’s silhouette and shading it all in with a dark graphite pencil. Then I used an eraser to pull out the highlights from the black background and define the face and the clothing. Removing graphite from the paper allowed me to turn the full silhouette into a more defined figure.
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de los Gigantones
Graphite on paper.
I’ll wrap up my Barcelona series with this sketch based on the Fuente de los Gigantones in Granada, Spain.
Post up.
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Figure Drawing, Part 3
Graphite on newsprint.
After exploring some quick studies in Part 1, followed by a more extensive piece in Part 2, this final figure drawing piece is an intensive 3 hour study. Graphite on newsprint (Part 3, here) is a whole different game than conte crayon on newsprint (Parts 1 and 2, below).
BIG ups to the live model who held this pose for the full 3 hours with just two or three short breaks!!
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Landscape
First off, we just want to acknowledge and thank everybody for all the positive vibes, feedback, and support so far! Much love! – P. & V.
Landscape.
Graphite on paper.
Landscape is a triptych I created for my drawing class at UCSD in early 2010. This was my last major drawing project in college. The first photo below shows the layout of the whole piece, followed by photos of each individual panel, followed by a series of detail shots.
Bikes on bikes on bikes.
These bikes are based on a collection of photos I took while walking around UCSD’s campus. The overall form of the piece developed organically as I drew, depending on the shapes and angles of the bikes and how they fit together.
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