Caricature (March 15, 2021)

am designing a new course for the summer session titled Cartooning and Comics, and decided to put in a lecture on caricature. So I decided to create a caricature of Rodin the sculptor based from an old photograph of him. I am planning on using this as a basis for illustrating the process. Below is the finished caricature.

 

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Photographs Under a Bridge (March 8, 2021)

I went out hiking on a beautiful Sunday underneath a bridge and took these photos.

 

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Dolden Sap (March 2, 2021)

I went out hiking in the woods on Sunday and took this shot of tiny drops of sap on the underside of a down tree.

 

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Pileated Woodpecker Sketch (February 22, 2021)

A recent sketch for Valentine’s Day.

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SNOW SHOTS (February 16, 2021)

I went out last night during the snow. It was more like tiny hail. It stung my face as I trudged through the drifts. I saw a fox but did not get a photo of it – I did get a shot of his tracks. Here are some other shots I took.

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Logo Sketches (February 8, 2021)

I have been very busy lately getting my remote classes up to speed. I am also designing a new course that I will teach in the summer. I also had a freelance commission to create a logo, below are three concept sketches for it.

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Drawing Water (December 21, 2020)

Latest drawing in my “Drawing Water” series. I also posted three detail shots of the mark making process.


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Blackboard Sketch (December 7, 2020)

Here is another automatic drawing that I title, “Classroom Blackboard Sketch”. It reminds me of walking into an empty classroom and looking at what the previous instructor wrote on the blackboard.

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Photogenic Stump (November 30, 2020)

Photograph from yesterday at Caesar Creek.

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Automatic Drawing (November 23, 2020)

Here is another automatic drawing. I just start doodling and as I work – some kind of composition comes to me. With this piece, I saw a definite human caricature right off the bat and just went with it. I title it “The Inspector”.

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