I did a piece for Ten Paces and Draw's Dr. Seuss swap. You can check it out here.
And here is the sketch that I submitted for someone else to complete.
Dr. Seuss
Empathy
I posted the above image on my tumblr, but I wanted to put it up here too because you can see it bigger. This is a piece that I did a month or two ago in conjunction with a larger educational piece that shows children how disabled peoples move about (it's a personal piece that is taking me a bit longer to complete). The subject of disability is a personal topic for me since my mom developed a neurological disorder when I was in highschool. She has a chronic disability that she constantly has to battle and learn to adapt to. I think it's important for young people to learn about disabilities and just have empathy and compassion for all people. Especially people that are different than you. *more on this subject later.
Shoes and more shoes
Wow. I didn't mean to abandon my blog for a month and a half now. Sorry readers! March was a month of visitors, my mom and my best friend from back home in Ohio, Adrienne. My cousin Neal also came into New York for a brief stay. I also routed on my sister to complete her first half marathon. She did a really great job! I also just completed a branding job for a wedding photographer that I will tell you more about when the end products are in a more 'live' state online. So, I think April is a nice time to catch my breath and get back into what I love doing.
Before all the craziness hit in March, I got a hold of one of Tom's men's fashion books and I fell in love with the men's shoes. Something about men's shoes really catches my attention. The buckles, the wingtips, the colorblocking. These sketches came out of that obsession.
Happy Valentine's Day
A little something from my sketchbook. Hope you spent it with someone you love.
Sketches
Some tugboat sketches from what I have been working on lately.
Conservatory Gardens
Last Friday, I had the chance to leave work early and do something 'inspirational.'
I went to the Conservatory Gardens up on E 105th Street in Central Park. It's really gorgeous there right now.
Unfortunately, my trip was shortened when of my drawings got pooped on. Lucky me, or rather, lucky drawing.
My 2011 Mantra
I think I'm on to something...
animal skateboard
I am super pumped about this new skateboard project. I transferred the drawing tonight and will start the painting tomorrow. Gee, I haven't painted since Thesis, which feels like forever ago. But, I bought new paintbrushes because mine turned to crap from abusing them last semester.
For this project, I am using a simplified palette of blues and oranges. I have always loved a turquoise blue with a poppy orange. MMMM. I changed around my initial idea of doing muted tones due to the skateboard itself being this great blue-green color that I fell in love with.
Here is my sketch:
more to come soon!
Eeek! Thesis time...
Tomorrow is the first day of my senior year and we are jumping right into our thesis. These are some of the sketches from my thesis sketchbook.
New Project
This is part of a 8 foot drawing that I did for my final project last year in drawing/painting class. I have been itching to color it, and now is the perfect time for me to do it. Please enlarge the image below to get the full effect.