01.31.2015 - Blast From The Past: 09.12.2008

title: Tiffany Reclining, Wearing Black Gloves (With The Gloved Hand Of Another Female Nude Resting On Her Hip)
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, ink, pastel
price: $150.00

03.02.2010

title: Tiffany, Seated In Reverse, A Cloth Around Her Waist
size: 11x15 in.
medium: ink
price: $150.00

This is another one from the Drawing Studio in Long Island. This was done with a sharpened stick dipped in ink. Jeff sharpened it to mimic a pen nib and gave me a try. Unfortunately I'm heavy handed and ended up breaking the nib. It made great marks that I have not been able to replicate no matter how hard I tried. Sorry Jeff.

03.01.2010

title: Tiffany, Seated In Reverse, Her Left Hand Resting On Her Right Knee
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, pastel
price: $200.00

I'm starting March off with drawings from my archive. Partially because I'm a little behind on new work due to other deadlines. Most of the drawings I'll post in the next couple of days were done outside of the Society of Illustrators Jazz & Sketch session. And some, like this one of Tiffany, are more on the experimental side.

I drew this at the Drawing Studio in Long Island. Jeff Fisher likes to make you go out of your comfort zone and try new materials and techniques. A lot of them turn out to be complete disasters, but what most consider to be failures are great teaching tools for work done later. For this piece I used both hands at the same time. This is a tough exercise that requires a lot of concentration. I'm sure I cheated a number of times in the duration of the pose. My trick was to pre-plan the mark for one hand while focusing on the contours made with the other hand. Other times I let the"idle" hand make the back and forth "shading" marks while the other hand was the focus of my attention. I came away from this exercise with a greater ability to focus on the marks I was making and their relationship to what I was observing.

11.16.2008

title: Tiffany, Seated In Semi-Profile, Her Right Arm Raised Toward Her Face, Wearing a Large, Feathered Hat
size: 7.5x11 in.
medium: watercolor, ink (on sketchbook paper)
price: $75.00

I sketched this a while back at the Drawing Studio on Long Island with a stick given to me by Jeff Fisher. He cut it to look like a dip pen and for a little while (before I broke it) it made the great textures that are in this piece.

09.12.2008

title: Tiffany Reclining, Wearing Black Gloves (With The Gloved Hand Of Another Female Nude Resting On Her Hip)
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, ink, pastel
price: $150.00

08.19.2008

title: Tiffany, Seated In Profile, Leaning Back On Her Arms, Hips Turned Forward
size: 11x15 in.
medium: watercolor, ink
price: $150.00

08.04.2008

title: Tiffany, Seated, Her Right Leg Crossing Her Left And Left Arm Resting On Her Right Knee
size: 9x12 in.
medium: watercolor, ink, pastel
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03.20.2008

title: Tiffany, In Profile, Seated On A Bench, Wearing a Purple Kimono, Glove And A Black Feathered Hat
size: 8x11 in.
medium: watercolor, ink, gouache (on sketchbook paper)
price: $75.00

This was painted at the Drawing Studio in Smithtown, Long Island in late April 2007. I used to go out regularly to take classes with Jeff Fisher, but freelance work and other obligations have kept me from heading out there in almost a year.