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Written by Thomas Porter
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
Painting/Drawing Portfolio:
It's been a while since I've done any painting or drawing. When I attended the New School for the Arts I studied a number of things, and being around other great artists gave me a chance to explore many different mediums. I began doing some figure studies and various paintings. I'll try and post the paintings as soon as possible. My drawings were already scanned, so here they are.
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My First Life Sketch - Pencil
Most of my sketches were faceless or as close to it as possible. I wanted to work more with the body than with the person's personality, so I chose to leave their individuality out of it. It made them seem darker and a little more mysterious, not to mention quicker and easier. |
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My Second Life Sketch - Pencil
At the time, I was really interested in b&w photography and I loved shadows. I wanted to try my hand at some high contrast lighting and shadows in my drawings, and this was my attempt. |
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My Third Life Sketch - Pencil
After drawing something dark, I wanted to try something lighter and in a different position. |
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My Fourth Life Sketch - Pencil
I don't really remember what I was thinking when I did this one. I guess I was just doodleing. |
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My Fifth Life Sketch - Pencil
This one was my least favorite of the life sketches. I still don't really like it. I'm not sure why. That must be why I started drawing people with clothes on instead from that point on. |
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My Sixth Life Sketch - Pencil
My girlfriend at the time (my wife now) and I took some pictures one day and we had a set of "promise rings". I really liked the picture and ever since that day whenever I have done wedding photography I always do a similar picture for the bride and groom. I also decided to sketch it, and here's that version. |
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My Seventh Life Sketch - Pencil
We had a used book sale at NSA and I ran across some old 1940's book that I still have somewhere around here. I love just about anything pre-1950. It had pictures from all over the world, and one picture in particular seemed to jump out at me, so one day I drew it. I drew the people without a background because it left more to the imagination. Nobody seems to know for sure what they're looking at, but I do. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 May 2007 )
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