Contour of Joe and Frankie
October 7, 2015 § 2 Comments
This is the contour for a drawing of our grandson Joe and his Boston Terrier Frankie. This is the stage where I get in all of the crucial information and provides the framework for the finished gradations. Taken into account is the light source, area of focus, and a true sense of form or what is three dimensional about my subject.
Triptych Demonstrating a Shift in Palette
August 5, 2015 § Leave a comment
This triptych illustrates the importance of serial imagery in telling a story. Here the palette shifts from warm on the left to cool on the right. Notice how each palette gives a little of itself to the contrasting one and the center piece incorporates both elements.
Garden Goddess
July 4, 2015 § 1 Comment
I’m reblogging a previous post entitled Garden Goddess as some of my settings were not intact. Additional hue was added to a color pencil drawing to provide more differentiation between the foreground, middle ground, and the background.
Looking up at Persephone
May 28, 2015 § Leave a comment
Another view of the sculpture of Persephone with the viewer below the doorway.
Additional Work on the Perspehone Drawing
May 16, 2015 § Leave a comment
I’ve added hue to this drawing of Persephone from a series related to sculpture in architecture. Colors and shadows are intensified to provide a greater sense of depth.
Persephone in Late Spring
May 7, 2015 § Leave a comment
I’ve added more contrast and hue to this colored pencil of Persephone in late spring.
Perspehone in Fall
April 22, 2015 § Leave a comment
I’ve been reworking the color on some of my drawings Again this is the sculpture of Persephone over the doorway of McNeal Hall and part of a series depicting her in the different seasons. Here, the leaves of the vine are drying, changing color, and falling away in the wind.
Persephone in Summer
April 19, 2015 § Leave a comment
This wonderful sculpture over the doorway of McNeal Hall on the University of Minnesota campus always spoke to me as she hid under the vines of summer. She was part of a series based on the relationship of architectural sculpture to the building it inhabits and its meaning to the surrounding community.
Architectural Sculpture
April 8, 2015 § Leave a comment
I’ve worked a bit more on a drawing depicting architectural sculpture at the University of MN.
This was part of a series completed to demonstrate the importance of such sculpture to the people within surrounding communities. Our sense of heritage, humanity, and belief system is reflected in these forms.
Flowers Near a Stone Bench
April 1, 2015 § Leave a comment
Staying in the floral mode as everything seems drab outside.
This scene is from the Como Conservatory. I’m examining the relationship between the organic forms and the curvilinear aspects of the sculpted bench.
Dr. Mary McNaughton and Drawing 