you see what you want to see.

Progress on my new painting....

 Starting with the study I decided to make another larger one..

 This is 11 x 14 on paper. This is my first drawing done in graphite. I wanted to make it look a little confusing not like the study where parts are colored in.

 This is after I added drips and erased the parts that were not affected by the polyurethane. I am not sure if I should go in and make the lines darker on top of the polyurethane. 

A closer view.

I think this one is busier than the study, which I like because in the study I was giving too much away, so now I have to make you work for it hah!

side little pieces!

While I was making small pieces for my thesis, I took a little break to make some for me! Also because one got damaged so I just ripped it worse.. Ha oh well! I like how they turned out and now they are hanging on my wall.

The one on the left inspired my idea for my piece seen here.

little pieces

At the end of last quarter and beginning of my spring quart (sniff, sniff, my last quarter as an undergrad) I was/am working on different little studies.. Here's the work!

I started with this drawing I made using sharpie markers.. my studio smelled good after a little while.

 Then I added it to one of my studies that's on an 8x10 canvas. The background is the same as my large otr painting. The black is sharpie again.

This is the same painting but the buildings are cut out (which shows the wall of my studio ha). This is not finished I want to do something to the wood that is exposed from the canvas, possibly stain it. 

Working from this picture I took at Streetvibes Christmas party, I painted the picture below. I used photoshop to manipulate this picture so that there were shapes. 

For this painting, first I drew the man using a regular pencil, then used some black oil paint and polyurethane to drip onto the canvas. I used polyurethane to keep the pencil markings on the canvas, then where the polyurethane didn't drip on I erased the markings. I am really happy how this turned out! So it might not be the last time you see this technique!