Body Positive Exhibit Opening Friday March 12th

The Body Positive Exhibition opening will be LIVE, IN PERSON on Friday March 12th. The Charlotte Art League will be socially distanced and safe! I will have several figures in the exhibit. I hope to see you there. 

 

Vicarious Exhibition Photos

The Vicarious Exhibition opening reception was very well attended! My Weight drawings were displayed in the center of the gallery, hung Japaneses scroll style with magnets. After my talk people gravitated to the center drawing saying it was positive and uplifting. 

New Weight Drawing at Wooden Robot Brewery

This drawing from my Weight Series of figure drawings is on display at the Wooden Robot Brewery. The Brewery is located on Bland Street just off South Tryon. The painting hangs right across from the bar.  They have awesome beer in addition to the art! This drawing is 6 feet tall on paper. I used graphite and white charcoal as the mediums. I drew from a live model.

Drawing 1 Getting close to complete

It had been a long time since I'd seen this drawing. This is the first in the series that I began last June. I can only hang so many drawings of this size in my studio at one time. I planned to just add the highlights, but I revisited several parts of the drawing and made major changes. I added more hair in the form of a pony tail. The model actually has a pony tail. I added the highlights, trying to stay minimal. Then, I redrew the eye area and made changes to the facial shadows.
I am more satisfied with the drawing now.

Drawing Six Highlights Continued

After the initial blocking of the highlight, I began to erase and blend. I shaped the highlight areas and subtracted white charcoal from some of the edges. Then I used a blending stump to blend the white charcoal into the gray paper. I am happy with the highlight areas on the legs, not so much with the back. I will have to work on that area further. Maybe more shadows are needed in the back. We'll see.

Back in the Studio Again

I am back in the studio again! Between final exams, portfolio review, and then the start of the new quarter I did'ot get to my studio very much. That's life! I have started working on this standing figure putting in the highlights. This image shows the first step where I blocked in the large shapes. I have done very little blending at this point. Also, the highlights are extending into some areas where I do not want them.

Highlights Continue!

I have continued to add highlights to this drawing. I added a great deal more white to the foreground arm, leg and foot. At first I added too little, so I have changed that. I put a very small dot of light on her cheek. I don't know if I like that or not. I will live with it for a while. I erased all the highlights I had placed on the rock and re-did them. Now the highlight shapes are larger.

Started the Highlights on Drawing 5

I have completed two sketches of the series with highlights in charcoal. So, now I am beginning to readdress the six drawings in the weight series and add the highlights. I started with drawing 5. The arm is looking good, leg not so much. I am very unhappy with the rock so far. I think I need larger shapes. So more work to do on this one. Happy new year!