I suppose I can officially announce that I’ve been promoted to Supervisor of Caricatures with Kamans WOF. Not a total surprise, but I’m excited. I just want to make things easier on my manager Mike Worley. He’s got his hands full this year.
Nonetheless, today was my last day of school before Spring Break. Oh thank goodness, break is here! I’ve been kicking myself with commissions, work and school. Today, while waiting on my last class and knowing that I had everything done, I finally relaxed enough to sketch. I came up with Oriella and Casmaron, two of my original characters from A World Once Was
Oriella Aurelia
Casmaron Rayne
Also, here is one of my more lengthy figure drawing poses:
This one got matted.
18×24″ matted up to a 22×28″
Small detail. My camera failed at a good picture of this.
Donna is pushing me to define my contours more. I completely understand where she’s coming from, but at the same time, I like that soft, ethereal feel that I just can’t achieve with any of my commissions or caricatures. It’s something that you really only can get when working on your own in charcoal. Still, I think I’ll go back to what I was doing at UMKC with figure drawings. I would take old drawings on good paper that I didn’t like and use acrylic paint and gesso to paint over them while taped down. I’d loosely brush on the paint to leave all the ridges and brushy strokes in the background. Once dry, I’d pull them up and use them for longer figure drawings (at least 15 mins+) with charcoal and chalk. They created some wonderful works, including one of my absolute favs:
I’ve been hesitant until now to venture outside of newsprint or drawing paper and willow charcoal because I wasn’t sure we were allowed. Now that I’ve spoken with Donna, I feel like I’ll be settling back into figure drawing, just like old times.
Plus, I’ve been talking with the model of the figure drawing just above, Kent and found out that he’ll be modeling for my class at Park starting after spring break. It’ll be just like old times!
Actually, if you wonder around his gallery, you’ll run into a caricature I did of him at UMKC. Fun times.
Alright, that’s all for me here. Take care and see you all later!