bleach experiment

I saw an article on http://www.gomediazine.com/ about using bleach in a spray bottle and masking off parts of a shirt to make designs so I decided to do a little experiment. I used a crappy old brush and Clorox bleach on this ratty old Converse t-shirt to make this vintage looking Honest Abe. Kind of like a holiday present to myself since it's so unbelievably boring here in Sarasota with all of my friends M.I.A.

sculpture studies

went to the Ringling Museum the other day and did a couple of ink studies from the sculptures

figure paintings

Here are a bunch of figure paintings from the 1st semester of my junior year. Trying to get better with oils. Each one is between 3-4 hours. Pictures taken with phone so quality is sub-par. I'll scan them when they're dry

Clinton

Very exciting news. Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Sarasota on 9/30 to give a lecture. My college sent out a call for entries for students interested in painting a portrait for Mr. Clinton. I was informed on 9/22 that I was the chosen one! Tomorrow is the big night so I've got to clean my self up. I had invested about 3 days into the portrait before I realized that everything was wrong with it so I scrapped it and started anew. Here is the finished second version.

30 portraits in 30 days: 6

here's tonight's portrait: General Lee's Lament (acrylic, ink)

30 portraits in 30 days: 1-5

I'd say it's about time for an update. Things have been really busy at school, much more so than I had expected, but that's a good thing. I'm currently working a rather epic project, 30 portraits in 30 days with a different medium for each one. They are, in order: Henry VII (red conte, vine charcoal), Louis CK (graphite, gouache), Lil' Wayne (coffee), Achilles (charcoal, halloween blood), and Frank Frazetta (watercolor, b/w ink)

Engagement Party Caricatures

Here are the caricatures I did today at my second gig doing this stuff.

Tony Ryder workshop

I just attended a 3 day workshop with the incomparable Tony Ryder at the Long Island Academy of Fine Arts.  I have been in awe of his work ever since I first saw it in 11th grade.  I never thought I would get to meet some one that I had such a high regard, let alone get to study with him and have a couple laughs over lunch.  Definitely one of the nicest guys I've ever met.  He never shuts up while teaching, but that's a good thing because he is the master of humorous analogies.  Anyways here's the portraits that I did over the last few days as well as Tony's demo at the bottom.

first gig

Today was my first gig doing caricatures. It went really really well and I can't wait until next weekend for my second gig.

craft fair crap

Here's a couple of pieces that I did at the craft fairs (I forgot to take pics of most of them)