Snow Pony

These are pictures of a Snow-Pony that my friend Sarah and I made. We used ornamental grass for the mane and tail. It's so tall, we could barely reach the head to put the ears on. It's so big and strong that a person can sit on it. The pony is supported by four individual legs made of columns of snow.

Snow: Part 2

I made this snow-woman outside of the Tyler School of Art building. The first reactions I got from people headed to the studios was "what class is this for?". I explaned that I just did it for fun. The hair made of ornamental grass was the part people liked best. I don't know that it's great art, but it was really fun to make.

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It will snow about two feet in Philadelphia by the end of today. Here are some pictures I took while heading to breakfast.

3-D Wire and Cardboard project

In this project, we had to create a wire and a cardboard component, and think about their relationship. The wire had to depict a truncated body part or small object. The cardboard had to create form through cross sections. Where the two met, we had to lay down paper and select one color to paint that area.

All in all, this project had many requirements, but I'm very happy with what I came up with. I chose to make a wire ankle. Inspired by the fact that a sprain my left ankle at least once a year without fail, I decided to have my wire ankle be slipping off a cliff. I wanted to show how weak and prone to injury it is.

2-D Sketchbook from 1st Semester

An ongoing project throughout the year is the sketchbook project. "Artist Book" is a more appropriate term though, because it isn't really a sketchbook. Every week we do a number of pages. We experiment with new mediums, compositions, and ideas. In the end, we bind the pages into a book which is graded. The pages are experimental, but viewed as finished and resolved pieces.

These are some of what I consider the best pages from last semester when we couldn't use color.

Compressed Charcoal

There was a passionate conversation during our break today about compressed charcoal verses vine charcoal. Compressed charcoal lasts longer, is darker, and is harder to erase. I had been using vine charcoal before the break, so I decided to try out compressed charcoal after the break. The finished drawing is much darker than my earlier ones. I think both kinds of charcoal are good for different things.

Drawing - 2nd Semester

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Today was the first day we got to draw in Drawing class. Here are 3 figure studies I did. Each was a 15 minute drawing in vine charcoal on 18" X 24" paper.